International & UK Railway News Saturday 21st December 2013

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Monday 23rd December 2013

The Salisbury Christmas Diner (UK Railtours)

• 34046 London Waterloo (pu) - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover - Salisbury
• 34046 Salisbury - Southampton - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Staines - London Waterloo

 

Saturday 28th December 2013

The Winter Settler (Pathfinder Tours)

• DBS Class 67 Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Sheffield
• D9009 Sheffield - Doncaster - Leeds - Skipton - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
• D9009 Carlisle - Hexham - Low fell - Durham - York - Doncaster - Sheffield (sd)
• DBS Class 67 Sheffield - Chesterfield (sd) - Derby (sd) - Burton upon Trent (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Walsall (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Crewe

The Road To Hull (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 92 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (u) - Stevenage (u) - Peterborough (u) - Retford
• DBS Class 60 Retford - Worksop - Sheffield Victoria - Deepcar (rev) -
• DBS Class 67 and DBS Class 60 tnt Deepcar - Sheffield Victoria - Shireoaks (rev)
• DBS Class 60 and DBS Class 67 tnt Shireoaks - Brancliffe East Junction - Kirk Sandall Junction - Goole - Gilberdyke - Hull
• DBS Class 67 and DBS Class 60 tnt Hull - Brough - Gilberdyke - Goole - Doncaster Royal Mail Teminal
• Class 92 Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross (sd)

 

 

www.railway-technology.com ..Feature article..

 

The world's longest metro and subway systems

 

Rapid urbanisation around the world has resulted in the construction of dozens of new metro and subway systems or the expansion of existing ones.

 

Seoul Subway, South Korea

 

Shanghai Metro, China

 

Beijing Subway, China

 

London Underground, United Kingdom

 

 

New York Subway, United States

Moscow Metro, Russia

Tokyo Subway, Japan

Madrid Metro, Spain

Guangzhou Metro, China

Paris Metro, France

 

 

Read the full article..HERE

 

 

 

Shedmaster Railway News

 

Our December in numbers | National Railway Museum blog

 

National Rail Enquiries - Christmas and New Year Travel Summary 2013/2014

 

 

World Heritage & Railway News

 

West Somerset Railway by Mark Stothard Photographe

 

Bluebell History - Early Days - Mike South

 

dailypost.co.uk - A railway which inspired the iconic Thomas the Tank stories has had an early Christmas present in the form of a £150,000 bequest.