There's good news and bad news for travellers on Southeastern (UK) routes. The bad news... will ongoing London Bridge Station works make life difficult for commuters? The good news... delays of two minutes will automatically trigger compensation payments to registered users....
After the Edinburgh Trams saga....over budget, not meeting finishing time deadline etc- now Nottingham must wait a while longer for the tram extension to be completed...
China is to open another high speed line...and India will likely give priority to high speed corridors.
But if you are travelling to Europe via Eurostar this next week, a Belgian strike may well impede your planned progress...
Click on the links for more details..
Headlines
UK
Eurotunnel Dover-Calais MyFerryLink operation 'must cease'.(BBC News)
Risky rail bids 'will not pass government tests'.(The Telegraph)
Margate toy firm Hornby to bring some production back to UK.(BBC News).
Will London Bridge work mean misery for South East rail commuters?(BBC News).
Business leader calls for better rail links between Sheffield and Manchester.(The Star)
Flash flooding in parts of Norfolk causes disruption.(BBC News).
Nottingham tram extension to open in 2015.(Global Rail News).
Tram extension route delay a disgrace –MP.(Nottingham Post).
Automatic refunds for delayed commuters. (The Telegraph).
New Glasgow station comes one step closer.(heraldscotland).
Great British Railway Journeys.Series 2: 21. Ayr to Paisley (BBC iPlayer).
(4 days left)
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains, as he journeys up the west coast of Scotland from Ayr to Skye.
Michael visits the hometown of Robbie Burns and finds out how to make haggis, discovers how the railways transformed the game of golf in Prestwick, and uncovers the story of the great Victorian tartan hoax in Paisley.
Bridge to the Future – Planning Permission Granted!(GCR)
Christian Wolmar - To The Edge of The World
At the Hay Book Festival 27th May 2014
Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post - and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century.
Get your copy here..
Africa
Dream of Bulk Cargo on Rail Dies.(ThisDayLive).
Belgium
Severe Delays Expected on Monday as Belgian Rail Staff Strike.(ndtv).
....the Thalys network, which travels between Belgium, France, and Germany, and Eurostar, which travels to the UK, could be affected....
China
China to open new high-speed rail linking Taiyuan, Xi'an. (english.peopledaily).
India
Railways recorded derailment every 5th day during 2007-12: RTI. (Economic Times).
Top Billing Likely for High-speed Corridors.(The New Indian Express).
Other Railway Press
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of "Minor Railways" too. Membership starts at £31 per year for electronic newsletter, but
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http://www.branchline.org.uk/
Victorian Strangeness: The man who hoped to die in a railway crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27939906
Jack Burgess's Yosemite Valley Railroad website has been revamped
http://www.yosemitevalleyrr.com/
Official signal box photos taken by NR signalling engineer
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90095264@N07/
Transfer of Worgret Jn to Motala GF to Swanage Railway
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1604/pdfs/uksi_20141604_en.pdf
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam Engines Of British Railways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5VWfHqXUCE
Worthingtons Workshop - an Australian resource for Marklin Models, European Railways and
Tasmanian Railways
http://bob-worthington.customer.netspace.net.au/Index.htm
The Railway Touring Company
http://www.railwaytouring.net/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Railway Scenes - a collection of videos and photographs
http://www.railwayscenes.com/
Honeymoon photos from a lost era
http://tinyurl.com/llt5eg8
Remains recovered six decades later
http://tinyurl.com/lsq9df2
Chinese Railway Oddments
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZWKiKiRxGhGrdDqyGUxxYKrao5Ki7vlu
Bill Hill's Vintage Aviation Images
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/others-bill_hill.htm
Saunders Roe and the Princess Flying Boat
http://tinyurl.com/nmw6npf
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The man who carried out one of the world's earliest hijackings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28014394
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IN THE NEWS
HS3: Chancellor proposes high-speed rail link connecting Leeds & Manchester
http://tinyurl.com/oczmwx6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27969885
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27971552
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27980359
Amazon to join railway station parcel pick-up service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27962642
East Midlands Trains parent reports rise in sales and profits
http://tinyurl.com/jwh286u
First Thameslink train tested at 160km/h at Widenrath
http://tinyurl.com/k66azj3
Did children try to derail two passenger trains in Derbyshire?
http://tinyurl.com/pyrktcw
RAIB report on road vehicle on track at Aspatria
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140626_R142014_Aspatria.pdf
Network Rail worker hit by train between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
http://tinyurl.com/kpty2zj
Teenager hit by Cross Country train at Carnoustie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27975125
Gleneagles station upgraded for Golf tournament
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28035203
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Launch party appeal issued
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27973966
John Bunch owned Maunsell Moguls to move to Swanage Railway
http://tinyurl.com/ndk6v7e
South Tynedale Railway project given another boost
http://tinyurl.com/m6o43up
Alstom board votes to accept General Electric bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27961448
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/financial/ge-wins-battle-for-alstom.html
Dutch Rail to guarantee you'll reach Schiphol airport, for €5 fee
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/06/dutch_rail_to_guarantee_youll.php
Indian media urge improvements in rail network
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28031195
LUL refund system simplified
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27964607
QDVC-Alstom consortium wins Lusail LRT contract in Qatar
http://tinyurl.com/m9zrjzy
Wellington's cable car seeks broader funding
http://tinyurl.com/qyajn6t
East Sussex County Council bus service cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-28025463
Coach fire closed A40 in west London during evening rush
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27948541
Firm pledges to start making first cars in Bradford for 60 years
http://tinyurl.com/mw64fw3
An icon of Indian roads is set out to pasture
http://tinyurl.com/mkrngoe
Easy rider? Harley-Davidson's new electric model
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27973603
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27989258
Sky cars to be built in Tel Aviv
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27995437
Wey and Arun Canal lock reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27930329
BAE Systems awarded £70m contract for Portsmouth Naval Base
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27975837
£3m needed for new Southampton Spitfire memorial statue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28022939
First Spitfire flight for pilot Neville Croucher, 91
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27979108
Manston airport: TG Aviation in court to seek injunction against closure of Thanet site
http://tinyurl.com/o2uzmzx
Red Arrows celebrate their 50th display season
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27991272
RAF tornados moved from Leuchars to Lossiemouth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-27929645
Work starts at former HMS Daedelus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27965325
Belfast–Barcelona flight diverted to Cork due to instrument fault
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28012692
Plane hits antenna mast at Leeds Bradford Airport
http://tinyurl.com/mdpn2k9
Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28065288
New missing Malaysian plane MH370 search area announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28031741
Pressure loss is explored in vanishing of Jetliner
http://tinyurl.com/l75hvcl
PIA A310 shot at in Peshawar landing; one dead
http://tinyurl.com/k4qhuf2
'Mayhem' in Northampton as hot-air balloon lands in street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-27971658
World War One memorial tells story of Morn Hill Camp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27979232
Didcot "A" power station cooling towers to be demolished
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-27979230
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
29/06/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"A Cabbie Abroad" A London cabbie in Canada
30/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dunbartonshire
01/07/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oban and Rannoch Moor
01/07/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ayr to Skye
02/07/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" How commandos reached their training grounds
02/07/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces" 3/3
03/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Busiest Train Station" Tokyo's Shinjuku station
(Sorrry - I don't choose the titles...!)
03/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Precision: the Measure of Things" History of measurement 2/3
04/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Flight MH370: 118 Days and Counting"
04/07/14 BBC2 2130-2230
"The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers" The Maxim gun
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
Until Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/06/14 Lost Tracks - Remembering East Dorset's Railways
Exhibition to mark 50 years since East Dorset's last scheduled passenger trains
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/exhibitions.html
26/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: East Coast Summer Steam Gala
29/05/14 http://www.mnr.org.uk
28/06/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour
http://winchestertouristguides.com/index.php/tours/themed-tours
28/05/14- The Battlefield Line: Fireman Sam
29/05/14 http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
29/06/14 Ilkeston Heritage & Classic Vehicle Show
Ilkeston Market Place, Derbyshire
1000-1600
05/07/14 Romsey and District Railway Modellers Society Open Day (Romsey Festival)
Abbey United Reformed Church Hall, The Abbey, Romsey, SO51 8EL
1030-1630
Free admission, bucket collection in aid of Abbey URC funds
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/
http://tinyurl.com/o2fp8zm
05/07/14 Romsey Signal Box open day (Romsey Festival)
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600 (to be followed by the Friends of Romsey Signal Box AGM)
off Latham Road, Romsey, SO51 7DB
Parking available at the Nightingale Surgery near the top of Greatwell Drive
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
http://www.romseyfestival.org/genre/2014/7/5/
05/07/14 In aid of The Friends of the Cromford Canal:
Railway Open Day and Garden Party
14 Millfield, off Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
1300-1900
Admission: £3.00
05/07/14- Wiston Steam Rally
06/07/14 Wiston Park, Steyning Road, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ
http://www.sussexsteamrally.co.uk
05/07/14- Great Central Railway: Edwardian Weekend
06/07/14 **** Cancelled ****
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
05/07/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Classic Bus Weekend
06/07/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
05/07/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Weekend Trolleydays
06/07/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
06/07/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Getting to Know Rushton Week
http://www.rhts.co.uk
06/07/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
06/07/14 Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/07/14 Twyford Waterworks: Miniature Steam Power Open Day
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
07/07/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Itchen Village, Itchen Ferry and the Diaper Family”
by Cheryl Butler
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
07/07/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Colour-Rail live” a digital presentation by Paul Chancellor
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
09/07/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Getting to Know Rushton Week
http://www.rhts.co.uk
12/07/14- Swanage 35 Gala
13/07/14 http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
12/07/14- Hartlepool Model Railway Club: 2014 Hornby Live Exhibition
13/07/14 Hartlepool College, Stockton Road, Hartlepool, Durham, TS24 7LB
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adult: £6.00, Concession: £5.00, Child: £4.00, Family: £18.00
13/07/14 Romsey Signal Box open day in association with La Ronde Gardens tour of Romsey
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1800
off Latham Road, Romsey, SO51 7DB
Parking available at the Nightingale Surgery near the top of Greatwell Drive
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
13/07/14 Great Central Railway: Leyland Society Annual Event
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
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