1st December | |||
First (press trip) run of a GWR diesel railcar | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia |
First passenger train through Severn Tunnel | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
30th November | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | statista |
29th November | |||
TransPennine Electrification Announced | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
28th November | |||
Closure of Abbotsbury branch | (Friday) | discussion | dorsetecho |
26th November | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia historytoday onlinelibrary rmg |
25th November | |||
Reading Station redevelopment nears competion | (Saturday) | discussion | |
24th November | |||
Head on collision Between Pontrhydyfen and Cwmavon | (Thursday) | discussion | railwaysarchive |
23rd November | |||
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | com |
21st November | |||
Canoe River Train Crash | (Tuesday) | discussion | therockymountai... |
20th November | |||
Restoration of service to Okehampton | (Saturday) | discussion | |
19th November | |||
Last boat train to Stranraer | (Saturday) | discussion | |
Montreal and Lachine Railroad Opened | (Friday) | thecanadianency... | |
18th November | |||
Railmotor trips to Looe | (Sunday) | discussion | saltash |
17th November | |||
Post from Wuppertal | (Thursday) | discussion | |
16th November | |||
Foundation of ancestor organsiation to Railfuture | (Friday) | discussion | railfuture |
15th November | |||
first revenue earning container train | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia railmagazine |
14th November | |||
Railway Mission founded | (Monday) | discussion | sciencemuseumgr... |
First Eurostar service leaves Waterloo (International) | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
13th November | |||
Final Eurostar service leaves Waterloo (International) | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
12th November | |||
Incline lift opens at Greenford | (Thursday) | fourway | |
11th November | |||
Hitachi and Eversholt Rail develop battery for a GWR intercity battery hybrid train trial | (Thursday) | eversholtrail | |
~ Opening of Centre for Applied Technology | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
8th November | |||
![]() | (Thursday) | moultonbuzz britishpathe | |
7th November | |||
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company registered | (Monday) | gracesguide | |
6th November | |||
Demolition of Doric Arch, Euston | (Monday) | heritagecalling | |
5th November | |||
Pilning Station Footbridge removed | (Saturday) | discussion | fosbr |
Railways Act receives royal assent | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia org |
4th November | |||
Final edition, Great Britain Bus Timetable | (Saturday) | ||
Major reorganisation of buses in the Trowbridge area | (Sunday) | warminstervbrd | |
2nd November | |||
Watford Gap and Newport Pagnell, opened with temporary facilities | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
1st November | |||
Isle of Wight line reopens with class 484 trains | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
Diesel train speed record - class 43 / HST, East Coast Main Line, 148 mph | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
Tintern Station opened | (Wednesday) | ||
Requirement to provide a daily train at 1d per mile max | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
31st October | |||
Last run of "Night Ferry" | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Closure of Longmoor Military Railway | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
![]() | (Saturday) | discussion | northsomersetti... |
29th October | |||
Bristol Industrial Museum closes | (Sunday) | bristolindustri... | |
Transport Analysis Guidance published by DfT | (Tuesday) | gov | |
28th October | |||
Inaugural run - Spirit of Queensland | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
27th October | |||
last cross Channel ferry from Southampton | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
26th October | |||
Coffee Shop Facebook page created | (Friday) | discussion | |
Bus deregulation | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
25th October | |||
Severn Bridge Disaster | (Tuesday) | severntales | |
Open access operator Lumo starts - London to Edinburgh | (Monday) | lumo | |
24th October | |||
Concorde retires | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
23rd October | |||
![]() | (Sunday) | discussion | facebook festipedia |
Foundation for Railway Heritage Trust | (Tuesday) | discussion | railwayheritage... |
Opening of Birkenhead (Monks Ferry) station | (Wednesday) | wikipedia disused-stations | |
22nd October | |||
National Rail Museum, Shildon, opened | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
21st October | |||
Good use for an Adelante | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
20th October | |||
![]() | (Saturday) | discussion | artbiogs railart |
19th October | |||
First Bradshaw's Timetable published | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia free-online free-online |
18th October | |||
![]() | (Saturday) | asmera eritrea | |
17th October | |||
Bangkok to Rangoon railway links up | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
Rail Accident Investigation Branch becomes operational | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
16th October | |||
first class 800 into passenger service with GWR | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
![]() | (Monday) | discussion | wellho wshc |
15th October | |||
National Audit Office warns of higher fare and overcrowding | (Wednesday) | discussion | |
14th October | |||
FGW publishes their passenger charter | (Monday) | discussion | |
12th October | |||
Release in EU of Rail Simultor game | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
Last milk train on SR - from Torrington | (Thursday) | discussion | sremg |
Steam motors enter regular service with GWR | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
10th October | |||
~ Rail Real Ale Trail | (Saturday) | beerhouses | |
8th October | |||
Harrow and Wealdstone Rail Crash | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
6th October | |||
Opening of Rainhill Trials | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
5th October | |||
Ladbroke Grove collision | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Newquay Signal Box closed | (Monday) | ||
Barnstaple to Ilfracome line closed | (Monday) | ||
4th October | |||
First Escalator switched on, Earls Court | (Wednesday) | discussion | funtrivia |
HST - first public service | (Monday) | discussion | news |
Last mail exchange at speed by a travelling post office | (Monday) | discussion | postalmuseum |
3rd October | |||
Ashton Avenue Bridge opened | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
Opening of Martins Heron station | (Monday) | ||
Teeside Airport station opens | (Sunday) | discussion | |
2nd October | |||
What now for Britain's Railways? | (Thursday) | news | |
Launch of PS Waverley | (Wednesday) | nationalhistori... | |
1st October | |||
Last run of Double Decker train | (Friday) | discussion | bloodandcustard |
Opening of the Queen Adelaide loop, Ely | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
30th September | |||
BRB Residuary Body abolished | (Monday) | discussion | gov |
District line trains cease to serve Slough | (Wednesday) | discussion | londonist |
29th September | |||
TransWilts is designated, and marketing award for Weymouth Wizard | (Thursday) | discussion | forum |
Lynton and Barnstaple closed | (Sunday) | discussion | |
28th September | |||
Westinghouse Air Brake Company founded | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
Final DFDS Ferry, Harwich to Esbjerg | (Sunday) | discussion | harwichesbjerg |
27th September | |||
Opening of Stockton to Darlington Railway | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
24th September | |||
Fastest modern run - Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington, 72 minutes | (Tuesday) | ||
22nd September | |||
Swindon Tramway opened | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
![]() | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
21st September | |||
~ Traction decarbonisation strategy published | (Monday) | networkrail | |
20th September | |||
Closures on Isle of Wight | (Sunday) | discussion | islandecho |
Formation meeting - Save The Train | (Tuesday) | discussion | wellho |
Black Dog Halt closed | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
19th September | |||
Southall Rail Crash | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia |
18th September | |||
Last public service Waterford to Rosslare | (Saturday) | discussion | wexfordtoday |
16th September | |||
Truro (Newham) station bypassed | (Wednesday) | discussion | free-online |
15th September | |||
First Great Western rebrands Great Western Railway | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens | (Wednesday) | ||
13th September | |||
Final day, All The Stations | (Wednesday) | youtube | |
12th September | |||
West Wiltshire Model Railway Circle founded | (Tuesday) | westwiltsmrc | |
Last Surbiton to Okehampton Car Carrier | (Saturday) | bloodandcustard | |
Newport Transporter Bridge opened | (Wednesday) | newport | |
11th September | |||
DfT - "a good day to bury bad news" | (Tuesday) | discussion | civilservant |
10th September | |||
Devon and Cornwall railcards combined | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
End date for Rail Development Group "Easier Fares" consultation | (Monday) | forum | |
9th September | |||
Final run of slip coach | (Friday) | ||
Final commuter trains from Swindon to Melksham | (Saturday) | wellho | |
8th September | |||
Final run of "Pines" over Somerset and Dorset | (Saturday) | ||
Calstock Wagon Hoist advertised for scrap | (Thursday) | saltash | |
New Passage Pier open to public | (Tuesday) | bristol-rail | |
7th September | |||
~ Withdrawal from public use of last camping coach | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
5th September | |||
First Imberbus | (Saturday) | discussion | passengertransp... imberbus |
2nd September | |||
Opening of railway through Melksham | (Saturday) | discussion | twhc |
1st September | |||
Harry Potter meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Grainger on the Hogwards Express | (Sunday) | discussion | harrypotter |
Transport 2000 renames as Better Transport | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
31st August | |||
Harrier Jump Jet makes first flight | (Wednesday) | ||
30th August | |||
Fishguard Harbour station opened | (Thursday) | ||
28th August | |||
Opening of Seaton Tranway | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia |
27th August | |||
First Jet Aircraft flight | (Sunday) | ||
26th August | |||
![]() | (Saturday) | discussion | paddlesteamers |
25th August | |||
Line from Swindon to Kemble redouble completed | (Monday) | discussion | bbc |
22nd August | |||
~ Nightstar train testing starts | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
21st August | |||
Dismaland opens in Weston | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
19th August | |||
Merehead Rail Terminal opened | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
Night Tube services commence | (Friday) | wikipedia railfaneurope | |
18th August | |||
Strikers extinuish fire on locomotive - Llanelli | (Friday) | historypoints | |
15th August | |||
Virgin pulls out of further franchise bids | (Wednesday) | ||
14th August | |||
180112 at KX on the 16:05 to Hull | (Friday) | traintesting traintesting | |
13th August | |||
~ Great Horseless Carriage Company - maker of electric taxis - closes down | (Sunday) | sciencemuseumgr... taxis-in-chester | |
12th August | |||
Head on Collision, Rhode Island. First accident photographed | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
11th August | |||
Cambridge Guided Busway begins operation | (Thursday) | ||
savethetrain.org.uk domain registered | (Thursday) | ||
Last British Rail operated steam train on standard gauge | (Sunday) | ||
10th August | |||
Opening West Hill Cliff Lift, Hastings | (Sunday) | visit1066country | |
8th August | |||
Great Train Robbery | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Waterloo and City Line opened | (Monday) | ||
7th August | |||
First "Well House" transport blog | (Saturday) | wellho | |
First Bluebell Railway train | (Sunday) | discussion | |
5th August | |||
Defining the InterCity brand | (Monday) | europebyrail | |
Treganna Castle Hotel opens | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
4th August | |||
Volks Electric Railway opens | (Saturday) | discussion | volkselectricra... |
3rd August | |||
Network Rail - first survey by drone | (Friday) | railtech | |
1st August | |||
Closure of Wantage Tramway | (Saturday) | ||
31st July | |||
Recycled Plastic Sleepers in use | (Saturday) | networkrailmedi... | |
Picadilly line open to Cockfosters | (Monday) | ||
30th July | |||
First British built electric buses on London's Roads | (Wednesday) | gov | |
29th July | |||
First electric-only train reaches Cardiff | (Thursday) | ||
28th July | |||
Last Commercial flight from Plymouth Airport | (Thursday) | ||
27th July | |||
Opening of Pneumatic Railway at Crystal Palace | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia |
26th July | |||
![]() | (Thursday) | discussion | hawkinsrails |
25th July | |||
Hovertravel service Portsmouth to Ryde starts | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
23rd July | |||
First Bus announces North Devon pullout | (Monday) | cbwmagazine | |
20th July | |||
Barnstaple to Ilfracome line opened | (Monday) | ||
19th July | |||
Class 153 cycle carriages come to West Highland Line | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
18th July | |||
Longest Swing Bridge opens | (Tuesday) | theguardian | |
16th July | |||
Crashworthness test of Nuclear Flask train | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
14th July | |||
Beer Heights light railway opens | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
Chris Grayling becomes Minister of State at the Department for Transport | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
12th July | |||
![]() | (Tuesday) | discussion | wikipedia ucd irishcentral youtube |
11th July | |||
![]() | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia swindonadvertiser |
10th July | |||
Marlow Station relocated | (Monday) | discussion | nrmfriends |
6th July | |||
Fire in a sleeper train at Taunton leaves 12 dead | (Thursday) | ||
5th July | |||
Kingsway Tram Tunnel closed | (Saturday) | underground-his... | |
Office of Rail Regulator established | (Monday) | ||
3rd July | |||
TransWilts to Weymouth - summer trips revived | (Sunday) | forum | |
2nd July | |||
Inaugural meeting of Transport Planning Society | (Wednesday) | org | |
Uber Launches in London | (Monday) | wikipedia d1nyezh1ys8wfo | |
Saltash Signal Box closes | (Monday) | saltash | |
Transport Act 1962 (Amendment) Act 1981 ("Speller") | (Thursday) | railwaysarchive | |
1st July | |||
First run - Cornish Riviera Express | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
Maidenhead Railway Bridge first used | (Monday) | railengineer | |
Badminton cutoff opens to passengers | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
Wick and Lybster Railway opened | (Wednesday) | ||
Devizes Station opened | (Wednesday) | ||
30th June | |||
Box Tunnel opened | (Wednesday) | networkrail | |
Oyster cards introduced | (Monday) | ||
29th June | |||
First through passenger train leaves St Johns for Port-aux-Basques | (Wednesday) | ||
28th June | |||
Flexi Ticket Launch | (Monday) | gov | |
23rd June | |||
First use of water troughs | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
22nd June | |||
Chippenham Station Building "listed" | (Thursday) | historicengland | |
Kensington Olympia to Perth Motorail goes double deck | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
GWR Museum opened on Farringdon Road, Swindon | (Friday) | ||
Empire Wndrush arrives at Tilbury | (Tuesday) | historytoday | |
21st June | |||
Proposal to close Breich station | (Wednesday) | discussion | |
18th June | |||
Transport Users' Consultative Committee members revealed | (Wednesday) | discussion | parliament |
17th June | |||
Museum of Bristol opens in M Shed | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
16th June | |||
Last passenger train services to Nailsworth | (Monday) | ||
15th June | |||
GWR Community Rail conference at Swindon | (Friday) | discussion | forum |
13th June | |||
First journey by a reigning monarch by train | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
11th June | |||
ASR class enter service in Thailand | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
Eltham Well Hall rail crash | (Sunday) | ||
10th June | |||
First parking meter, Mayfair | (Tuesday) | britishparking | |
Launch of Network SouthEast | (Tuesday) | ||
Last car carrying train from Pilning | (Friday) | ||
9th June | |||
Christow station closed to passengers | (Monday) | discussion | |
7th June | |||
Bath Bus Station opened | (Thursday) | discussion | wikipedia |
6th June | |||
~ First Crossrail suggestion | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
4th June | |||
Great Western Preservation Society launched | (Monday) | ||
Locomotive Manufacturers Association (now Rail Industry Association) set up | (Friday) | riagb | |
3rd June | |||
End of Third class - renamed to second! | (Sunday) | discussion | turniprail |
Patent filed for axle counter | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
1st June | |||
Dilton Marsh Halt opened | (Tuesday) | discussion | |
31st May | |||
Southern Railway gauge switch | (Monday) | discussion | youtube southern |
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 | |||
![]() | (Sunday) | wikipedia wikipedia | |
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 | |||
Bus Back Better launched | (Monday) | discussion | |
14th March | |||
Baku Children's Railway construction starts | (Friday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Ferryhill turntable back in use | (Thursday) | discussion | frht |
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 | |||
FGW make all trains no smoking | (Friday) | discussion | forum |
9th March | |||
Rail industry confirms future potential demand for new trains and carriages | (Monday) | discussion | eversholtrail |
8th March | |||
Leader - Bullied expresses confidence | (Wednesday) | sremg | |
First "Where is this" picture quiz | (Thursday) | discussion | forum |
Seaton Tramway extension Colyton to Colyford | (Saturday) | discussion | wikipedia |
7th March | |||
The Western Region of British Railways closes the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway | (Monday) | discussion | bbc wikipedia |
Passenger services withdrawn from Wilton South | (Monday) | discussion | wikipedia |
6th March | |||
Ffriog Cutting accident - lead to avalache shelter | (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 | |||
TravelWatch SouthWest - final pre-covid in real life general meeting | (Monday) | discussion | travelwatchsout... |
Withdrawal of passenger services Swindon to Highworth | (Sunday) | discussion | wikipedia |
Callington Station opened | (Monday) | discussion | |
1st March | |||
Civil Aviation Authority established | (Wednesday) | discussion | wikipedia wickersworld |
Opening of Defiance Halt | (Wednesday) | discussion | saltash |
Opening of Listowel and Ballybunion Railway | (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 | |||
Swindon Works authorised | (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) | ||
The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired. | (Tuesday) | discussion | pinterest booksandmud |
20th February | |||
Final closure of Swindon panel | (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 | |