29th May | |||
Final passenger service of a Pacer | (Saturday) | discussion | wales |
Paddington Station Opened | (Monday) | ||
27th May | |||
Opening of Great Hall at Euston | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
25th May | |||
authoristion of East Cornwall Mineral Railway | (Thursday) | saltash | |
British Airways and Southern Railway launched scheduled flights from Gatwick to the IOW | (Monday) | ||
24th May | |||
Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, paving the way for the first national rail strike since 1994 | (Monday) | ||
Falkirk Wheel opens | (Friday) | ||
22nd May | |||
First steam locomotive to operate on Mull | (Sunday) | discussion | archive |
20th May | |||
Publication of Great British Railways - The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail | (Thursday) | discussion | |
![]() | (Friday) | discussion | nrmfriends orpheusweb |
19th May | |||
Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Jail | (Wednesday) | ||
LMS Coronation Class 46236 City of Bradford on GWR | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
18th May | |||
Trying to take his horse on the train | (Wednesday) | discussion | theguardian metro sciencemuseumgr... |
17th May | |||
First through trains Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton and Tavistock | (Wednesday) | discussion | |
16th May | |||
~ Railway Technical Centre, Derby, opens | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
15th May | |||
Tom Harris announces £5000 per CRP | (Thursday) | railwayeye | |
1S76 - Brighon and Eastbourne to Glasgow | (Monday) | discussion | 1s76 |
14th May | |||
first Tal-y-llyn trains run under preservation | (Monday) | discussion | talyllyn |
13th May | |||
Melksham Station reopened | (Monday) | discussion | |
Bournemouth Trolley Bus opened | (Saturday) | yellowbuses | |
12th May | |||
First "Thomas the Tank Engine" book published | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
New station - Winnersh Triangle | (Monday) | discussion | |
New station - Tiverton Parkway | (Monday) | discussion | |
11th May | |||
Last commercial boat - Thames and Severn summit | (Thursday) | discussion | cotswoldcanals |
Westbury reduced to 3 platforms | (Friday) | discussion | signallingnotices |
Station opens, Lake (IOW) | (Monday) | discussion | |
Lynton and Barnstaple opened | (Wednesday) | discussion | |
9th May | |||
Train of feathers delivered to Melksham | (Wednesday) | discussion | wiltshiretimes |
City of Truro, 102 mph | (Monday) | discussion | railhistory wikipedia |
8th May | |||
BR rationalises and largely kills wet fish traffic | (Friday) | discussion | bloodandcustard |
7th May | |||
Day 1, All The Stations | (Sunday) | discussion | youtube |
6th May | |||
First run of Clansman | (Monday) | whitropesiding | |
First tweet from GWR/FGW | (Friday) | ||
DfT / SRA future service level discussion | (Friday) | savethetrain | |
Channel Tunnel opened | (Friday) | ||
Trains between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton withdrawn | (Monday) | ||
5th May | |||
Blue Pullman farewell tour | (Saturday) | railcar | |
4th May | |||
First WECA Mayor elected | (Thursday) | thebritishacademy | |
Festival of Britain opens to public | (Friday) | historic-uk | |
3rd May | |||
Lochluichart new station opens | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
~ Just one working lower quadrant distant signal left | (Thursday) | discussion | railwayworld |
2nd May | |||
Last special train to Weymouth Quay | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
Wilton South station opened | (Monday) | ||
Royal Albert Bridge opens | (Monday) | ||
1st May | |||
Bristol Parkway station opens | (Monday) | ||
Amtrak founded | (Saturday) | amtrak | |
Helicopter service from Penzance to Scilly Isles starts | (Friday) | ||
Inauguaral non stop "Flying Scotsman" London to Edinburgh | (Tuesday) | ||
Great Exhibition opens | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
30th April | |||
Brighton Belle withdrawn | (Sunday) | discussion | brightonbelle |
29th April | |||
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Bristol Bus Boycott announced | (Monday) | blackhistorymonth | |
28th April | |||
GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
26th April | |||
DOO strikes start on Southern | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
21st April | |||
Battery Multiple Unit enters public service | (Monday) | discussion | railcar |
20th April | |||
Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel | (Monday) | ||
19th April | |||
Foundation, Beatties of London | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
18th April | |||
SEWWEB leaflet launched and Aztec West | (Wednesday) | discussion | forum |
Melksham Station closed | (Monday) | discussion | |
17th April | |||
Formation Committee Meeting, TransWilts CRP | (Saturday) | discussion | wellho |
16th April | |||
~ Tulyar arrives at Swanley New Barn Railway | (Thursday) | discussion | steamdriver weebly |
15th April | |||
~ Introduction of first Motor Luggage Van | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
13th April | |||
First (broad gauge) train ran complete line from Oxford via Worcester to Wolverhampton | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
12th April | |||
London Transport bans bus advert | (Thursday) | ||
11th April | |||
Mystery tour from Worksop (Eastbourne) | (Monday) | sixbellsjunction | |
10th April | |||
Scottish Golf by Train website registered | (Thursday) | discussion | scottishgolfbyt... |
9th April | |||
Rail to Refuge goes nationwide | (Thursday) | raildeliverygroup | |
8th April | |||
XPT passenger trains enter service in Australia | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
6th April | |||
Two Tunnels cycleway opens | (Saturday) | discussion | bbc twotunnels |
5th April | |||
Ballast Dust working group publications | (Tuesday) | networkrail | |
First passenger train - South Devon Railway | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
4th April | |||
Release of Great St Trinians Train Robbery | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
Railway Clerks Union (now TSSA) formed | (Sunday) | documentcloud tssa | |
3rd April | |||
Wick and Lybster Railway closed | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
1st April | |||
![]() | (Sunday) | discussion | sewweb sewweb |
National Senior Railcard introduced | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
Wessex Trains, Thames Trains and Great Western combined into single franchise | (Saturday) | ||
31st March | |||
Last run of 4EPB | (Friday) | youtube youtube | |
Last day of CAPRI; replaced by LENNON | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
30th March | |||
Cycle Hire available at Melksham Station | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
"Person hit by train" forum advice thread started | (Tuesday) | discussion | forum |
29th March | |||
Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
28th March | |||
![]() | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore closed | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
MOD Kineton tour, branch line society | (Saturday) | rogerfarnworth | |
Woman found murdered on Orpington to London train | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
27th March | |||
Publication of Beeching Report | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
26th March | |||
Britain's last trolley bus system (Bradford) closes | (Sunday) | ||
launch of TransWilts Community Rail Partnership | (Friday) | savethetrain | |
Swindon Works closed | (Wednesday) | ||
ERTMS goes operational across Cambrian lines | (Saturday) | wikipedia ertms | |
25th March | |||
Thames Tunnel opens to public | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
23rd March | |||
Lockdown - Covid-19 | (Monday) | ||
Bluebell Railway services start to East Grinstead | (Saturday) | ||
22nd March | |||
Closure - Cononley station | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
21st March | |||
Runaway Mine Train opens at Alton Towers | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
20th March | |||
Warrington bomb in rubbish bin leads to removal of rubbish bins from railway stations | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
~ Most expensive Totem at Auction? | (Saturday) | discussion | gwra |
18th March | |||
Naming of "Evening Star" | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
17th March | |||
~ Research into use of TVMs | (Saturday) | gov | |
16th March | |||
~ Cook's European timetable first published | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
15th March | |||
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14th March | |||
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13th March | |||
Website of the week - Man in seat 61 | (Saturday) | discussion | seat61 |
12th March | |||
First narrow gauge train over Croesor crossing | (Thursday) | discussion | welshhighlandhe... |
11th March | |||
Formation of Cotswold Line Promotion Group | (Saturday) | discussion | clpg |
Opening of Clifton Rocks Railway | (Saturday) | discussion | cliftonrocksrai... |
Penzance Station opened | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
10th March | |||
![]() | (Friday) | discussion | forum |
9th March | |||
Rail industry confirms future potential demand for new trains and carriages | (Monday) | discussion | eversholtrail |
8th March | |||
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First "Where is this" picture quiz | (Thursday) | discussion | forum |
Seaton Tramway extension Colyton to Colyford | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
7th March | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | bbc wikipedia |
Passenger services withdrawn from Wilton South | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
6th March | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | historypoints ambaile |
5th March | |||
First passenger train (heritage) Alderney | (Wednesday) | discussion | alderneyrailway |
3rd March | |||
Race across the world | (Sunday) | discussion | wikipedia |
2nd edition of GRIP process | (Saturday) | discussion | networkrail railengineer |
2nd March | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | travelwatchsout... |
Withdrawal of passenger services Swindon to Highworth | (Sunday) | discussion | wikipedia |
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1st March | |||
Civil Aviation Authority established | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia wickersworld |
Opening of Defiance Halt | (Wednesday) | discussion | saltash |
![]() | (Thursday) | discussion | monorails rogerfarnworth |
29th February | |||
Cholsey and Moulesford opened and Moulsworth (Wallingford Road) closed | (Monday) | ||
28th February | |||
Greta Thunberg in Bristol | (Friday) | discussion | bbc forum |
Moorgate Tube disaster | (Friday) | discussion | london-fire railmagazine |
First order placed for Brush 47 locomotives | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia worldwiderails |
Last day of service - Acton Town to South Acton | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
27th February | |||
1st transport of French Jews to Nazi Germany | (Friday) | discussion | onthisday encyclopedia |
26th February | |||
Midwinter Lull? | (Saturday) | discussion | |
25th February | |||
![]() | (Thursday) | discussion | swindonweb |
24th February | |||
< King William Street station closed | (Saturday) | ||
Paddington Bear statue unveiled | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
23rd February | |||
GoCo rebrands Go-Op | (Thursday) | discussion | go-op swindonadvertiser |
22nd February | |||
GoCo proposal - class 50 Yeovil to Oxford | (Tuesday) | discussion | forum |
21st February | |||
< First locomotive-hauled railway journey, Trevithick, Penydarren | (Tuesday) | ||
![]() | (Tuesday) | discussion | pinterest booksandmud |
20th February | |||
![]() | (Saturday) | discussion | forum swindonpanel |
19th February | |||
Know your stations quiz | (Sunday) | discussion | |
18th February | |||
Various Railway Accidents | (Tuesday) | discussion | forum |
17th February | |||
Introduction of London congestion charge | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
First diesel express from Paddington | (Monday) | discussion | bbc |
16th February | |||
Weekend returns avaiable on The Midland | (Saturday) | discussion | |
15th February | |||
Initial journey - Jellicoe Express | (Thursday) | discussion | londonremembers theorkneynews |
14th February | |||
Last train to call at Bicester TOWN | (Friday) | ||
Great Marlow renamed to Marlow | (Thursday) | ||
13th February | |||
First test firing of rail mounted gun - Elam Valley | (Thursday) | discussion | disused-stations wikipedia wikipedia |
12th February | |||
Western Pathfinder (D1001) build date | (Monday) | discussion | westernlocomoti... wikipedia |
Curry Rivel to Castle Cary opened to freight | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
11th February | |||
Appeal for funds for Gladstone | (Friday) | discussion | stephensonloco |
Kilmersdon Colliery opens | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia theimportanceof... irsociety |
10th February | |||
Harold Wood - Brentwood accident | (Monday) | discussion | railwaysarchive wikipedia |
9th February | |||
Blockage through snow - Aviemore to Forres | (Saturday) | discussion | derbysulzers |
8th February | |||
< London Necropolis railway station resited | (Saturday) | wikipedia wikipedia | |
Swansea to Carmarthen doubled | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia broadgauge |
7th February | |||
Timber Ferrybridge replace by steel bridge | (Sunday) | discussion | portlandhistory |
Formation of ASLEF | (Saturday) | discussion | nationalarchives |
Boiler explosion, Gloucester | (Wednesday) | discussion | firstgreatweste... railwaysarchive wikipedia |
6th February | |||
Class 151 in service | (Thursday) | discussion | traintesting traintesting |
Document archive added to Coffee Shop | (Saturday) | discussion | forum |
5th February | |||
< Closure - Alton to Fareham | (Saturday) | ||
Foundation meeting, heritage railway to Minehead | (Friday) | discussion | mineheadraillin... wikipedia |
4th February | |||
Dawlish Washout | (Tuesday) | discussion | forum |
South West Trains franchise starts | (Sunday) | discussion | stagecoachgroup |
Great Western Intercity franchise commences | (Sunday) | discussion | wikipedia wikipedia |
Newquay to Chacewater line closes | (Monday) | discussion | |
Newquay to Chacewater line opens | (Saturday) | discussion | |
3rd February | |||
First Ghan passenger train reached Darwin | (Tuesday) | discussion | northernterritory wikipedia |
2nd February | |||
Children under 5 occupying seats | (Thursday) | discussion | |
1st February | |||
Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
31st January | |||
"Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer, 133 die | (Saturday) | discussion | historic-uk belfasttelegraph wikipedia bbc |
30th January | |||
Great Western Railway Temperance Union | (Thursday) | discussion | turniprail wikipedia |
29th January | |||
"Western Fusilier" rail tour - Paddington to Hereford | (Saturday) | discussion | sixbellsjunction wikimedia |
Holborn Viaduct station closes | (Monday) | discussion | disused-stations |
28th January | |||
First posts on the Coffee Shop forum | (Sunday) | discussion | forum |
27th January | |||
Torbay Tramway closed because of snow | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia tramwayinfo |
26th January | |||
firstgreatwestern.info domain registered | (Friday) | discussion | forum |
25th January | |||
FGW announces link with Singapore Airlines | (Saturday) | discussion | futuretravelexp... |
24th January | |||
More Train Less Strain call on Ruth Kelly to remove franchise from FGW | (Thursday) | discussion | forum dailymail |
Hansard on First Great Western | (Wednesday) | discussion | parliament |
23rd January | |||
Start of 6 weeks of snowfall | (Thursday) | discussion | metoffice wikipedia |
22nd January | |||
Sailpowered Rail | (Friday) | discussion | douglas-self wikipedia |
Amtrak New York to Tampa ends | (Sunday) | ||
Famous Train Royal Mail stamps | (Tuesday) | discussion | collectgbstamps |
Initial meeting - Women in Community Rail | (Friday) | discussion | wicr |
21st January | |||
Early reference to Go-Co | (Friday) | discussion | forum paulgosling |
20th January | |||
Opening of Yeovil Pen Mill - Weymouth line | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
19th January | |||
Heathrow Junction Station opens and receives first train | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia ianvisits |
Trend to bring back barriers is damaging the customer experience | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia yorkpress news |
18th January | |||
Closure Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
17th January | |||
~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train | (Wednesday) | discussion | bridgestone |
16th January | |||
Winter of discontent - 24 hour rail strike | (Tuesday) | discussion | libcom wikipedia |
15th January | |||
RoSCo Eversholt changes hands | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia eversholtrail |
14th January | |||
Strategic Rail Authority unveils 10 year plan | (Monday) | discussion | theguardian |
13th January | |||
Groupsaves on Ticket Machines | (Friday) | discussion | travel forum |
12th January | |||
A quiet day in previous years | (Monday) | discussion | |
11th January | |||
TVM - a fair weather facility? | (Wednesday) | discussion | forum |
10th January | |||
Defibrillators discussion pack published by Network Rail | (Tuesday) | discussion | networkrail theargus |
Metropolitain line opened from Paddington | (Saturday) | gov | |
9th January | |||
Incorporation of Railway Development Society Ltd (now Railfuture) | (Friday) | discussion | railwaydevelopm... railfuture |
8th January | |||
Cannon Street buffer stop collision | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
7th January | |||
Closure of Upwey Wishing Well Halt | (Monday) | discussion | opcdorset dorsetecho |
6th January | |||
Hixon Railway accident | (Saturday) | discussion | railwaysarchive forum wikipedia |
5th January | |||
Last service - Swansea and Mumbles Tramway | (Tuesday) | discussion | walesonline |
4th January | |||
Portishead (New) station opened | (Monday) | discussion | portisheadrailw... |
3rd January | |||
Cheltenham (St James) station closes | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
2nd January | |||
< Formation of Railway Clearing House | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
1st January | |||
Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia railwaysarchive |
Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
Reading (Southern) electrified | (Sunday) | discussion | wikipedia |
"Murder on the Orient Express" published | (Monday) | wikipedia | |