Railway Herald - Railtours for Week Starting 10th December 2012

Railway Herald - Railtours

 

Monday 10th December 2012

The Cathedrals Christmas Carols Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Peterborough (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Hertford North (pu) - Winchester (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 12th December 2012

The Christmas Sussex Belle (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 London Victoria (pu) - Swanley - Otford - Maidstone East (pu) - Ashford International - Appleford - Rye - Hastings - Battle - Robertsbridge - Tunbridge wells - Sevenoaks - Bat & Ball - Otford - Swanley - London Victoria

 

 

Thursday 13th December 2012

The York Yuletide Express (Railway Touring Company)

• 60009 Norwich (pu) - Wymondham (pu) - Attleborough (pu) - Thetford (pu) - Brandon (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - Doncaster - York
• 60009 York - Doncaster - Grantham - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd)
• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Ely - Brandon (sd) - Thetford (sd) - Attleborough (sd) - Wymondham (sd) - Norwich

 

 

 

Saturday 15th December 2012

Last Cruise Saver (Private Charter) (Cruise Saver Travel)

• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Southampton Eastern Docks (pu) - Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Oxford - Leamington Spa - Solihull - Tysley - Water orton - Tamworth - Derby - Chesterfield - Beighton Junction - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - York - Darlington - Durham - Newcastle Central = Berwick up[on Tweed - Edinburgh Waverley

The Christmas Devonian (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Keynsham (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Frome (pu) - Castle cary - Yeovil Pen Mill - Yeovil Junction - Crewkerne - Axminster - Honiton - Exeter Central - Exeter St. Davids (break) - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Castle Cary - Frome (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Trowbridge (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Keynsham (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

• WCRC Class 47 & 57 Hull (pu) - Brough (pu) - Selby (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield (pu) - Settle (pu) - Garsdale (pu) - Kirkby Stephen (pu) - Appleby (pu) - Carlisle - Carstairs - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Ashford (pu) - Tonbridge (pu) - Orpington (pu) - Bromley South (pu) - Kensington Olympia (pu) - Norwich (break/rev) & return

The Short Haired Bumblebee (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 66 (Pair) London Victoria (pu) - Gravesend - Hoo Junction - Isle of Grain (rev) - Hoo Junction - Maoidstone east - Ashford International - Appledore - Lydd - Dungerness (rev) - Lydd - Ashford International - Tonbridge - London Victoria

East Midands Christmas Lunch Circular (Vintage Trains)

• 4965 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Loughborough - East Midlands Parkway - Sheet Stores Junction - Castle Donnington - Stensen Junction - Burton upon Trent - Tamworth High Level - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tyseley Warwick Road

 

 

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150th Tube anniversary Oyster card to go on sale

07 December 2012

Next year will mark 150 years since the very first Tube journey was made between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan line. To celebrate this special 150th anniversary a souvenir Oyster card will go on sale from 10 December.

This celebratory Oyster card features the new Underground 150th anniversary logo which is set against a background of vintage Tube logos or 'roundels' from the early beginnings of the network to the present day.
Oyster has revolutionised the way passengers pay for their travel, not only on the Tube, but also on trams, buses, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground and National Rail services in London.
Transport for London (TfL) is at the forefront of ticketing technology for a decade and is renowned for the success of Oyster with more than 80 per cent of all journeys on London's public transport made using an Oyster card and over 55 million cards issued since its introduction in 2003.
TfL continues to seek ways to better passengers' experience of using Oyster with a range of improvements.
These include enhanced Oyster online accounts providing detailed journey and fares history which are already in place and more interactive facilities in the future for completing journeys and applying for refunds.
London Underground is organising a wide range of events and activities to mark this historic anniversary.
These will look at the Tube's rich heritage and history and also at the vital role the London Underground has played, and will continue to play, in the economic success of the Capital.
Passengers can use this souvenir Oyster card across the TfL network in the same way that they usually do, either as pay as you go or by adding their Travelcard to it.
These cards are a limited edition and will be available at LU stations and TfL Travel Information Centres.
TfL encourages all Oyster users to register their card and set up an online account to ensure any balance is protected if the card is lost or stolen.
Online accounts also enable passengers to top up their credit online and view their journey history.
Mike Brown, Managing Director for London Underground and London Rail, said: 'The growth of the world's first underground railway has always been very closely linked to the success of the London and the UK economy.
'We continue to modernise the Tube system, with new signalling and trains being introduced to improve our customers' journeys.
'Oyster ticketing has transformed the way Londoners and visitors pay for travelling around the Capital.
'This wonderful souvenir Oyster card, just like the regular Oyster card, is the easiest, cheapest and best way to help our passengers move around the City.'
Events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of London Underground throughout the coming year include:

• The re-creation of the first steam train Tube journey on the London Underground on Sunday 13 January 2013
• A series of heritage rail trips for the public to experience a steam train journey
• Two new two-pound coins issued by the Royal Mint to go into circulation in 2013
• An imaginative campaign which will bring together 150 people whose personal stories will help to demonstrate the vibrant history of the Tube
• 12 short stories by well-known authors on each Tube line, published by Penguin Books
• Art on the Underground commissions with famous contemporary artists
• An LU 150 poster art exhibition at London Transport Museum
• Poems on the Underground to mark the 150th anniversary of the Tube
• Behind the scenes events and open weekends at the Museum's store at Acton
• A new book entitled 'London Underground by Design' by Mark Ovenden.

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Three Spanish companies to prepare feasibility study of the Howrah-Haldia high-speed line in India.

The group formed by the engineering companies Ineco, Prointec and Ayesa will prepare the feasibility study for the high-speed corridor between the Indian cities of Howrah and Haldia, with a total length of 135 kilometres. The contract was one of the agreements on railways and roads signed with India in the recent visit of the King of Spain to the country.