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June 07, 2014

International & UK Railway News Saturday 7th June 2014

 Total Railway News

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The past comes into the present with a mining museum opening, and sad memories of a 1964 rail disaster at Cheadle Hulme, the so called "Lollipop Express".


And if sad memories are not what you want, then as a responsible road user, pay heed to the International Level Crossing Awareness Day promotions.


But if nostalgia of the pleasant sort is for you, visit one of the 200 plus heritage railways around the UK. A comprehensive listing of heritage railway websites is included here for your information!


For full details, click on the links!






Headlines
UK
Purbeck ball clay mining museum officially opens.(BBC News)


The Lollipop Express 1964 crash victims remembered.(BBC News)




Network Rail
Retail spend at railway stations soars above high street - new technology reveals footfall by non-rail users


Thursday 5 Jun 2014
New sensor technology at Britain's biggest and busiest stations has revealed tens of millions of people a year are visiting them to shop, eat and drink, in addition to those who travel by rail. The new data coincides with Network Rail's latest quarterly retail sales figures, showing a healthy 5.6% growth in like-for-like sales from January to March 2014, well above reported high street growth of 0.5% during the same period. On an annualised basis, Network Rail station retailers reported like-for-like sales growth of 6.1% while high street sales reached just 0.75%.
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Professional drivers targeted in new level crossing safety programme.


Network Rail has launched a nationwide awareness programme targeting motorists who drive for a living.
Professional drivers targeted in new level crossing safety programme


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UK Heritage






92214 goes Brunswick Green | The UK's Only Main Line Heritage Railway.






UK Heritage Lines Websites.
Alderney Railway http://www.alderneyrailway.com/
Alford Valley Railway http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alford/railwaymuseum/
Aln Valley Railway http://www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk/
Amberley Museum http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/
Amerton Railway http://www.amertonrailway.co.uk/
Apedale Valley Light Railway http://www.apedale.co.uk/
Appleby Frodingham Railway http://www.afrps.co.uk/
Astley Green Colliery Museum http://www.agcm.org.uk/
Audley End Railway · http://www.audley-end-railway.co.uk
Avon Valley Railway http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org/
Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group http://arpg.org.uk/cms/
Bala Lake Railway http://www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk/
Barnards Miniature Railway http://www.barnardsminiaturerailway.eu/
Barrow Hill Railway Centre http://www.barrowhill.org/
Barry Island Railway http://www.valeofglamorganrailway.co.uk/
The Battlefield Line Railway http://homepage.ntlworld.com/candj_simmons/
Beamish, North of England Open Air Museum http://www.beamish.org.uk/Home.aspx
Berkeley Vale Railway http://www.facebook.com/#!/berkeleyvalerailway.sharpness
Bideford Railway Heritage Centre
Birmingham Railway Museum http://www.tyseleylocoworks.co.uk/tlw/brm.htm
Bishop's Castle Railway Museum
Bluebell Railway http://www.rhbnc.ac.uk/~zhaa009/bb/bluebell.html
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway www.bkrailway.com
Bodmin & Wenford Railway http://www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk/
Bowes Railway http://www.bowesrailway.co.uk/
Brecon Mountain Railway http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk/
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway http://www.bwlr.co.uk/
Bressingham Steam Museum http://www.bressingham.co.uk/default.aspx
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre http://www.bucksrailcentre.org/
Bure Valley Railway http://www.bvrw.co.uk/
Caledonian Railway http://www.caledonianrailway.com/
Cambrian Railways Society http://www.cambrianrailwayssociety.co.uk/
Cambrian Railways Trust http://www.cambrianrailways.com/
Cavan & Leitrim
Chasewater Railway http://www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk/
Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway http://www.thedockyardrailway.co.uk/
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway http://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.co.uk/
Churnet Valley Railway http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/main/index.php
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway http://www.cleethorpescoastlightrailway.co.uk/
Colne Valley Railway http://www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk/
Conwy Valley Railway Museum  http://www.conwyrailwaymuseum.co.uk/
Corris Railway http://www.corris.co.uk/
County Donegal Railway http://www.cdrrl.com/
Coventry Railway Centre http://www.emus.co.uk/
Darlington Railway Centre & Museum and
Darlington Railway Preservation Society http://drps.synthasite.com/
Dartmoor Railway http://www.dartmoor-railway.co.uk/
Dean Forest Railway http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
Dee Valley Railway http://dvrailway.webs.com/ added 10/10/13
Derwent Valley Light Railway http://www.dvlr.org.uk/
Devon Railway Centre http://www.devonrailwaycentre.co.uk/index.html
Didcot Railway Centre http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/
Dolgarrog Railway Society http://www.dolgarrograilway.co.uk/
Downpatrick & County Down Railway http://www.downrail.co.uk/
East Anglian Railway Museum http://www.earm.co.uk/
East Kent Railway http://www.eastkentrailway.co.uk/
East Lancashire Railway http://east-lancs-rly.co.uk/
East Somerset Railway http://www.eastsomersetrailway.com/
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway http://www.e-v-r.com/
Echills Wood Railway http://www.ewr.org.uk/
Eden Valley Railway http://www.evr.org.uk/
Elsecar Railway http://www.elsecarrailway.co.nr/
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/
Epping Ongar Railway http://eorailway.co.uk/
Fairbourne Railway http://www.fairbournerailway.com/
Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/
Ffestiniog Railway http://www.festrail.co.uk/
Fintown Railway http://www.antraen.com/
Foxfield Light Railway http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
Giants Causeway & Bushmills Railway http://www.freewebs.com/giantscausewayrailway/
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway http://www.gwsr.com/


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Toddington on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway




Great Central Railway http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Great Laxey Mine Railway http://www.laxeyminerailway.im/
Great Orme Tramway http://www.greatormetramway.co.uk/
Groudle Glen Railway http://www.groudleglenrailway.com/
Gwili Railway http://www.gwili-railway.co.uk/
Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway. http://www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk/
Hayling Seaside Railway http://www.haylingseasiderailway.com/
Heatherslaw Light Railway http://www.heatherslawlightrailway.co.uk/
Helston Railway Preservation Company http://www.helstonrailway.co.uk/
Hollycombe Steam Collection http://www.hollycombe.co.uk/
Irish Steam Preservation Society http://www.irishsteam.ie/
Isle of Man - Transportation http://www.iomguide.com/transportation.php
Isle of Wight Steam Railway http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
Keith and Dufftown Railway http://www.keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk/
Kent & East Sussex Railway and http://www.kesr.org.uk/
Colonel Stephens Museum http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/
Kew Bridge Steam Museum http://www.kbsm.org/
Kidderminster Railway Museum http://www.krm.org.uk/
Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society http://www.btinternet.com/~ijross/
Kirkby Stephen East Heritage Centre http://www.kirkbystepheneast.co.uk/
Kirklees Light Railway http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway http://www.lakesiderailway.co.uk/
Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway http://www.lmmrcoltd.com/
Lappa Valley Steam Railway http://www.chycor.co.uk/lappa-valley-railway/index.htm
Lartigue Monorailway http://www.lartiguemonorail.com/Index.htm
Launceston Steam Railway http://www.launcestonsr.co.uk/
Lavender Line http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway http://www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk/
Leighton Buzzard Railway http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway http://www.lincolnshire-coast-light-railway.co.uk/
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway http://www.lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/
Llanberis Lake Railway http://www.lake-railway.co.uk/
Llangollen Railway http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon http://www.locomotion.uk.com/
London Transport Museum http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/
Mangapps Farm Railway Museum http://www.mangapps.co.uk/
Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society http://www.the-gingerbread-line.co.uk/
Meon Valley Railway (The Strawberry Line) http://www.meonvalleyrailway.org.uk/#
Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society http://www.mtps.co.uk/
Mid-Hants `Watercress' Railway http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
Mid-Norfolk Railway http://www.mnr.org.uk/
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway http://www.mslr.org.uk/
Middleton Railway http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
Midland Railway Centre and http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk/
Golden Valley Light Railway and http://gvlr.org.uk/
Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust http://www.prclt.co.uk/
Moseley Railway Trust http://www.mrt.org.uk/
Mull Rail http://www.mullrail.co.uk/
National Railway Museum, York http://www.nrm.org.uk/


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National Tramway Museum, Crich http://www.tramway.co.uk/smx/cms/home/
Nene Valley Railway http://www.nvr.org.uk/
North Bay Railway http://www.nbr.org.uk/
North Ings Farm Museum http://www.northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk/
North Norfolk Railway http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
North Tyneside Steam Railway and http://www.ntsra.org.uk/museum.html
Stephenson Railway Museum http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/stephenson/
North Yorkshire Moors Railway http://www.nymr.co.uk/
Northampton & Lamport Railway http://www.nlr.org.uk/
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust http://www.nirt.co.uk/
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre http://217.158.157.207/railways/GCRN/index.htm
(Great Central Railway (Nottingham))
Old Kiln Light Railway http://www.oldkilnlightrailway.com/
Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway http://www.paignton-steamrailway.co.uk/
Peak Rail and http://www.peakrail.co.uk/index.htm
Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway http://www.peakrail.co.uk/index.htm
Plym Valley Railway http://www.plymrail.co.uk/
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway http://pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk/
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland http://www.rpsi-online.org/
Railworld http://www.railworld.net/
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway http://www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk/
Rhyl Miniature Railway http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~stownsen/
Ribble Steam Railway http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk/
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/home_flash.html
Rother Valley Railwayhttp://www.rvr.org.uk/
Royal Deeside Railway http://www.deeside-railway.co.uk/
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway http://www.rlsr.org/
Ruislip Lido Railway http://www.ruisliplidorailway.org/
Rushden Historical Transport Society http://www.rhts.co.uk/
Rutland Railway Museum http://www.rutlandrailwaymuseum.org.uk/
Seaton Tramway http://www.visitdevon.co.uk/site/things-to-do/seaton-tramway-p141323
Severn Valley Railway http://www.svr.co.uk/


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Bewdley on the SVR








Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway http://www.sklr.net/
Snowdon Mountain Railway http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/
Somerset and Dorset (new)http://www.somersetanddorsetrailway.co.uk/
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust http://www.sdjr.co.uk/
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust http://www.sdrt.org.uk/index.php
South Devon Railway http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/
South Tynedale Railway http://www.strps.org.uk/
Spa Valley Railway http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/
Stapleford Miniature Railway http://www.fsmr.org.uk/
Steeple Grange Light Railway http://www.steeplegrange.co.uk/
STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/
Stratford on Avon & Broadway Railway Society http://www.stratfordbroadwayrailway.co.uk/
Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway. http://thesmjr.ning.com/
Strathspey Steam Railway http://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/
Swanage Railway `The Purbeck Line' http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
Swindon & Cricklade Railway http://www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org/
Talyllyn Railway http://www.talyllyn.co.uk/
Tanfield Railway http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/cms/
Teifi Valley Railway http://www.teifivalleyrailway.com/
Telford Steam Railway http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/
The Heaton Park Tramway http://www.mtms.org.uk/
The Railway Age, Crewe http://www.creweheritagecentre.co.uk/
Timothy Hackworth Railway Museum http://www.railcentre.co.uk/museum/museum.htm
Tralee & Dingle Railway http://www.tdlr.org.uk/
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum http://www.nmni.com/uftm
Vale of Rheidol Railway http://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk/
Vintage Carriages Trust http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/
Volk's Electric Railway http://www.volkselectricrailway.co.uk/
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway http://www.wsvrailway.ie/
Weardale Railway http://www.weardale-railway.org.uk/
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway http://www.whr.co.uk/
Welsh Highland Railway http://www.festrail.co.uk/
Welshpool & Llanfair Railway http://www.wllr.org.uk/
Wensleydale Railway http://www.wensleydalerailway.com/
West Clare Railway http://www.westclarerailway.ie/
West Lancashire Light Railway http://www.westlancs.org/
West Somerset Railway (official site) http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
West Somerset Railway (unofficial site) http://www.wsr.org.uk/
Whitwell & Reepham Station http://www.whitwellstation.com/
Wye Valley Railway http://www.wyevalleyrailway.com/
Yaxham Light Railway. http://www.yaxham-light-railway.fsnet.co.uk/
Yeovil Railway Centre http://www.yeovilrailway.freeservers.com/
Yorkshire Wolds Railway http://www.yorkshirewoldsrailway.org.uk/




India
Assocham suggests creation of 7 high-speed rail corridors.(The Hindu BusinessLine)


Powering a high-speed dream.(Gulf News.com)











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