TWO new stations opened for the start of the winter 2019/20 timetable, with a new platform at a third. Robroyston, between Stepps and Springburn on
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Tag: Caledonian Railway
Sulzer Type 2s in spotlight at Caledonian weekend event
THE Caledonian Railway, running between Brechin and Bridge of Dun, held a diesel weekend on August 17-18. All trains were worked by a pair of
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UK railway news round-up
This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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All Caledonian sleeper services cancelled Sunday September 29th and Monday September 30th
Caledonian Sleeper services will be cancelled for two days as staff strike over what unions described as “intolerable pressure”.
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Caledonian sleeper services to be cancelled as staff confirm strike action
Caledonian Sleeper services are to be cancelled after staff confirmed planned industrial action will take place.
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‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add soul to Gloucs-Warks steam festival
CLOSE to 5,000 passengers travelled on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s trains during the three-day Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-17, sponsored by The RM.
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‘Caley’ tank ups and downs: It’s a success in Swanage but fails at North Norfolk
CALEDONIAN Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 suffered mixed fortunes during late-March/early-April, having proved a big hit at the Swanage Railway’s March 29-31 Spring Steam Up, but
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Glasgow Central’s ‘ghost platform’to become heritage museum
A FORGOTTEN platform beneath Glasgow Central station may be developed into a railway heritage museum – complete with a steam train parked on a stretch
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Caley Blue 419 adds Broadway to English tour
Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 has added the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam to its biggest-ever tour of England. No. 419 will star
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