The CBI questions Labour's "part -nationalisation" rail plans.... Network Rail's bosses will pick up bonuses this year, even after a £53 million fine for late trains....
The BBC iPlayer starts a 3 part series on Crossrail...what tremendous engineering is apparent here...
As was the case in establishing the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway..
But terrain difficulties would not be too difficult for China... ask Brazil..
For full details, click on the links....
Headlines
UK
CBI questions Labour’s part-nationalisation rail plans.(FT.com).
Network Rail bosses set to pick up thousands in bonuses despite £53m fine for late trains.(London Evening Standard).
Hong Kong firm MTR wins £1.4bn Crossrail project.(BBC News).
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway (on BBC iPlayer)
1. Urban Heart Surgery
This series follows a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground. Costing fifteen billion pounds, it's the biggest engineering project in Europe and a huge challenge to pull off. As they burrow the forty-two kilometres of tunnels, engineers must battle to make sure that listed buildings don't crack, London Underground trains keep running, roads don't shut and the City stays in business. Crucially, they must drive one of their gigantic 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machines through a tiny gap in the congested underbelly of Tottenham Court Road station without the passengers on the tube platforms below knowing they are there.
Bond Street Station Site March 2014 (C) P.Lewis.
According to Network Rail rails and overhead lines in direct sunlight could reach
temperatures 20C higher than surrounding air.
To prevent damage trains would be slowed down and this would impact on network services in Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.See also
To prevent damage trains would be slowed down and this would impact on network services in Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.See also
Summer Weather- What Network Rail do to cope with extreme weather, hot, cold , leaves on the line...(Video)
Network Rail
Sun European Partners’ Flood to join Network Rail as non-executive director
- Network Rail announces today the appointment of Sharon Flood as a non-executive director following the departure of Mike Firth. Ms Flood, 49, brings with her extensive financial experience having previously served as finance director for John Lewis department stores for five years.
Passengers at Euston can look forward to a bigger, better station with more shops and a wider choice of food and drink as Network Rail begins a £12.5m development of the station this month.
Birmingham New Street milestone reached as atrium roof begins to take shape.
The first strips of material which will cover the roof of the new atrium at Birmingham New Street station and allow the concourse to be filled with natural light have been fitted into place.
www.parliament.uk.
Letter from Mark Carne, Chief Executive, Network Rail to Jason McCartney MP regarding Transpennine electrification and the East Coast Main Line dated 30 June 2014.
Letter from Mark Carne, Chief Executive, Network Rail to Louise Ellman MP regarding the Northern Hub and Freight Access charges dated 30 June 2014.
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Have your say to improve the Hope Valley line.(Sheffield Telegraph.).
York residents woken by noisy rail repairs receive apology.(The York press).
UK Heritage News
UK Heritage Railways and Museums
Comprehensive listing HERE
China
India
Indian Hill Railways - 1. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway on BBC iPlayer
From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years these little trains have climbed through the clouds and into the wonderful world of Indian hill railways.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a line so close to the people that it flows like a river through their lives. The relationship between the train and the people is changing, however, as a new generation of Gurkhas populates these hills, demanding an independent state and fighting for a new identity as they journey into the modern Indian world.Obtain your copy of this excellent series produced by Gerry Troyna HERE
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New high-speed rail corridor to cost Rs63,000cr.(The Peninsula Qatar)
Other Railway Press
Raildate
RAILDATE - your free weekly guide to what's happening, what's new and what's on
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This will be the last Raildate before the Editor's summer break. The next issue will probably appear on either Friday 8th July or Saturday 9th July (depending on jet-lag!)
NETWATCH Full steam into the past as images show life in Derby Loco Workshttp://tinyurl.com/qzs6dql
Great Central Railway through Leicesterhttp://www.gcrleicester.info/
Former signalboxes, yards and stations in the Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Humberside regionshttp://signalboxes.com/
Life and the Railway - four generations of railway workershttp://lifeandtherailway.
Buddleia: The plant that dominates Britain's railwayshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Disc of old railway photoshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat) Scenic Devon and Cornwall branch railway line walks guide released by ramblershttp://tinyurl.com/nb6voqh
Downloadable herehttp://www.trailsfromthetrack.
All aboard: China's railway dreamhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Hidden waterways: Britain's lost canalshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Love the Meccano bridge at 42 secs? More about that herehttp://tinyurl.com/lnexrto
The bridges that define Londonhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Sinclair C5 built in Merthyr in 1984 'was ahead of its time'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Artificial reefshttp://www.theatlantic.com/
Rail Staff issue 200http://www.railstaff.co.uk/
High speed rail-freighthttp://www.railstaff.co.uk/
Car train entering Southampton Eastern Dockshttp://tinyurl.com/mp9ad4n
WW1 minesweeping by railway owned shipshttp://nationalrailwaymuseum.
(Spotter: Neil Kearns) South Devon Railway - Driver's Eye Viewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
"The Art of Stevedore” by Alex Hallajianhttp://vimeo.com/99532702
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) - fastest piston engine fighter of WW2http://www.youtube.com/watch?
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth) Preserved Perfection - UK Heritage Railway Review - 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Best of British Clag and Thrash Compilation 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Railways of Austria - 1st of 12 - the other 11 are available from the menu on the right hand sidehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
CSX and Amtrak trains daredevils risk Of deathhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
(Spotter: Ted Millward) ============
IN THE NEWS Labour plan to part re-nationalise rail networkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Storm-hit Dawlish rail line: Sea wall to be raisedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Network Rail: Dawlish rail alternatives 'poor value'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Network Rail's West of Exeter Route Resilience Studyhttp://www.networkrail.co.uk/
Dawlish community welcomes plans to safeguard town's railway linehttp://tinyurl.com/o5coavw
http://tinyurl.com/owpdr3e
Queen opens revamped Reading railway stationhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://www.railjournal.com/
Signalling failure between Maidenhead and Readinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Radlett rail depot: Plans approved by governmenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Radlett rail depot: Fight cost council £1.4mhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Upgrade to start on Barrington quarry railway as Cemex prepares to submit plans for 220 houseshttp://tinyurl.com/q4beqqv
Derby rail firm RVEL set to create 33 more jobshttp://tinyurl.com/mthxvta
Bromsgrove gravestones for railway workers restoredhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Worcestershire Parkway railway station wins fundinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Virgin Trains measure up Shrewsbury railway stationhttp://tinyurl.com/ow6qmza
Rethink on plan to run new Sheffield to Manchester railway line through woodhttp://tinyurl.com/nosbx2z
Rail plan ‘will create jobs and boost economy’ in Yorkshirehttp://tinyurl.com/pbx7e4d
Britain's new railway revolution - the shop arriving at platform 2 is for youhttp://tinyurl.com/mcua55m
Lincolnshire rail death pair 'did not act on horn'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
RAIB notes on a fatal level crossing accident at Frampton Mansell in Mayhttp://www.raib.gov.uk/
Four shortlisted for London Overground EMU orderhttp://tinyurl.com/mkjarsc
MTR wins £1.4bn London Crossrail operating contracthttp://tinyurl.com/ndpg7k2
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, review: 'nail-biting'http://tinyurl.com/q5fyyvr
London Underground extends remote turnout monitoringhttp://tinyurl.com/qzvdozg
Queen's Baton travels on 'Harry Potter train'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Glasgow 2014: Rail stations sport 'fun' new names during Gameshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Failings over runaway rail vehicle at Glasgow Queen Streethttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
RAIB reporthttp://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_
Green light for extra rail services between England and Waleshttp://tinyurl.com/oyy2x86
New North Wales to Manchester train services launched in £1.2m dealhttp://tinyurl.com/pyloklq
Cardiff train station plans unveiled by Network Railhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Train fire halts services at Deganwy Railway Stationhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Assembly Member slams Arriva Trains Wales over proposed timetable changeshttp://tinyurl.com/qxk6qfd
Carwyn Jones and Arriva Trains' Twitter clash over announcementshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
P2 2007 frames erectedhttp://www.p2steam.com/news/
Swanage Railway's first passenger trains commemoratedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Wensleydale Railway - fully prepared for the long haulhttp://www.yorkshirepost.co.
Railway museum turns back the clocks for family fun dayhttp://tinyurl.com/m9v9sw7
French high-speed TGV train crashes near Denguinhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Rail theft in South Africahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
India builds world's highest railway bridge over Chenab river in Kaurihttp://www.straitstimes.com/
Norfolk Southern engineer says 14 train cars derailed in Wythevillehttp://tinyurl.com/njkb8qv
Railway bridge fire in Vancouverhttp://globalnews.ca/news/
Moscow metro crashhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
http://tinyurl.com/qjjuhsv
Two Moscow metro workers arrested after disasterhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Velvet buses cease tradinghttp://www.eastleighnews.co.
“Driver not at fault” says Southern Vectis after couple die waiting for bushttp://tinyurl.com/p9lvfen
Over 50 Landcrabs star at the BMC and Leyland Showhttp://www.aronline.co.uk/
Unseen Donald Campbell speed record footage restoredhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
New River Thames crossing ideas 'developed in detail'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
New £1bn motorway to ease south Wales congestionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
This is why truck drivers should always check their mirrorshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
US marines test robotic mule at RIMPAC, Hawaiihttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Injuries after boat crash on River Thameshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Sandbanks ferry resumes after chain beakhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Condor Ferries application to run CI ferry servicehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Clipper cancelled till end of July after seabed strikehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Costa Concordia: Refloating operation beginshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Timelapse shows salvagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Costa Concordia: Video footage shows inside of sunken shiphttp://tinyurl.com/mqgwrvg
Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash - where to begin? Maybe here...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Rolls-Royce engine revamp could bring in billionshttp://tinyurl.com/pt86dpw
Special hanger to be built for loading airbus wing sectionshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
These portable runways helped win the war in the Pacifichttp://tinyurl.com/nnjuush
Vulcan bomber leaves RAF Waddington for the last timehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Farnborough Airshow 2014: In pictureshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Farnborough: Signs point to Bastille Day A330neo launchhttp://tinyurl.com/l7zyv3p
Farnborough: Reasons for UK aerospace to be cheerfulhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Farnborough: The Scorpion in search of a customerhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Farnborough: Why it mattershttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Guernsey-Gatwick delays due to jet 'teething troubles'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Tendering started for small isles air servicehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Edinburgh Airport exceed 10 million passengers in one yearhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Easyjet expands at Schiphol, targets 7 million passengers a yearhttp://www.dutchnews.nl/news/
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to auction 12 abandoned aircraft.http://tinyurl.com/kll87q3
Rare World War 1 footage discovered in Ashbourne shophttp://tinyurl.com/p44mz5s
Watch the film herehttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
Forest of Dean mural to David and Robert Mushethttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth ============
TV and RADIO
20/07/14 BBC2 1615-1900 "Grand Prix" The classic 1966 film
20/07/14 BBC2 2130-2230 "The Lancaster: Britain's Flying Past"
22/07/14 BBC4 2000-2030 "Britain by Bike" North Devon
23/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100 "Indian Hill Railways"
2/3 The Nilgiri Mountain Railway23/07/14
BBC2 2100-2200 "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" The Crossrail story 2/3
24/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100 "Explosions: How We Shook the World"
24/07/14 BBC2 2320-0020 "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" The Crossrail story 2/3
25/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000 "The Lost Ship" A Spanish Armada ship off Donegal
25/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100 "On the Yorkshire Buses" East Yorkshire Motor Services 3/8
25/07/14 BBC2 2100-2200 "The Secret History of our Streets" 1/3 Moray Feu, Edinburgh ============
EVENTS All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for inaccuracies or changes.19/07/14 Railway Film Show St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle, NE20 9PZ Archive films (BTF films shown with the permission of the BFI) Admission free, retiring collection, doughnuts at the interval 1500 and 1930http://ponthistsoc.blogspot.
http://www.pontelandstmary.co.
19/07/14 The Battlefield Line: Anstey Royale Chalfort Morris Dancershttp://www.battlefieldline.co.
19/07/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic20/07/14 http://www.rhts.co.uk
19/07/14- World Heritage Discovery Day Railway Exhibition20/07/14 Also Railway Walk and Butterley Gangroad Project Update No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belperhttp://tinyurl.com/la2vzvy
19/07/14- Foxfield Railway: Steam Gala20/07/14 http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.
19/07/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Classic Transport Weekend20/07/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
20/07/14 Mid-Hants Railway: Alton Bus Rallyhttp://www.watercressline.co.
20/07/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Dayhttp://wdsme.co.uk/
22/07/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tourhttp://
22/07/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic24/07/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
25/07/14- The Battlefield Line: Rails & Ales27/07/14 http://www.battlefieldline.co.
26/07/14 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Gathering Saturday Trolleydayhttp://www.sandtoft.org
27/07/14 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Sandtoft Gatheringhttp://www.sandtoft.org
28/07/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: British Legion Dayhttp://www.e-v-r.com
29/07/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic31/07/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
30/07/14 BRS66: A celebration of 66 years since the formation of British Road Services Lincoln Farm Cafe, Kenilworth Road, Solihull, B92 0LShttp://tinyurl.com/lsuse8h
30/07/14- Manx Heritage Transport Festival03/08/14 http://www.iombusandrail.info
02/08/14- Foxfield Railway: World War Commemoration03/08/14 http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.
02/08/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips03/08/14 http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
02/08/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal03/08/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700http://www.middleton-leawood.
02/08/14- Peak Rail: 1940s Weekend03/08/14 http://www.peakrail.co.uk
02/08/14- The Cleveland Model Railway Club: 2014 Exhibition03/08/14 Redcar & Cleveland College, Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1EZ 1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun) Adult: £4.50, Concession: £3.50, Family: £12.50http://cmrc.germghost.com/
02/08/14- Corris Railway: Victorian Weekend03/08/14 http://www.corris.co.uk
03/08/14 Twyford Waterworks: Summer Open Dayhttp://www.twyfordwaterworks.
03/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Dayhttp://wdsme.co.uk/
04/08/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF“Railways of Gosport”by Peter Keat 1930 for a 1945 starthttp://www.hias.org.uk
04/08/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG“An evening with Ted Hancock” a digital presentation with narrative interlude Starts at 1930 For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcomehttp://www.peakrail.co.uk/
05/08/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic07/08/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
09/08/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour (last of 2014)http://
09/08/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: 1970s Themed Holiday Specials10/08/14 http://www.rhts.co.uk
09/08/14- Foxfield Railway: The Knotty Heritage Train Launch Weekend10/08/14 http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.
09/08/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Multiple Memories Weekend10/08/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
09/08/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Weekend Trolleydays10/08/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
09/08/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Day Out with Thomas17/08/14 http://www.watercressline.co.
10/06/14 1020 MG Day Athelhampton House, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG MG car rally with live musichttp://www.athelhampton.co.uk
12/08/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic14/08/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
15/08/14- Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas17/08/14 http://www.dfr.co.uk
16/08/14- Midland Railex, Midland Railday Centre, Butterley17/08/14 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/
17/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Dayhttp://wdsme.co.uk/
18/08/14 Newbury and District Transport Group The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL 1915 for a prompt 1930 start "Railway Photographs" by David Cable Non-members welcome Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome Cheers, Howard. editor(at)raildate.co.uk replace (at) with @ Raildate may be freely distributed without permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made to the original document distributed by the Editor You can subscribe to Raildate here: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/
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