The past comes into the present.....Swanage Railway's first trains of 35 years ago are celebrated , and we look at a gallery of Birmingham Snow Hill station through the ages. And although canals are not related to railways...and yet, they are, since they were fierce competitors in the early railway age.. see the BBC feature on lost canals .
As to the future....the rail unions are refused franchise review.....the UK House of Lords will begin its HS2 inquiry....Ferrovial and Laing O' Rourke are the preferred Northern Line extension bidders....France via SNCF could soon have 95% of Eurostar.... and another feature takes up the perennial question as to the advantages.... or otherwise.... of renationalization....
...plus next week's mainline steam activity....
Click on the links for more details.....
Headlines
UK
Swanage Railway's first passenger trains commemorated.(BBC News).
Gallery: Snow Hill railway station through the ages (Birmingham Post)
Rail unions refused franchise review.(BBC News).
Hidden waterways: Britain's lost canals.(BBC News).
House of Lords committee launches HS2 inquiry.(BBC News).
Electrification of York rail route could be in jeopardy, MPs warned.(The York Press).
Disruption on the railways.(Oxford Mail).
Ferrovial/Laing O'Rourke joint venture named as preferred bidder for Northern Line Extension.(Construction News).
Railways: is renationalising our train system really a good idea?(The Guardian)
France has 'option' to buy UK taxpayer stake in Eurostar.(The Telegraph).
Mainline Steam Schedule
Railway Herald - Railtours
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Monday 14th July 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Tuesday 15th July 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Wednesday 16th July 2014
The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC Pool Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Long Preston (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle (break) and return
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Thursday 17th July 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Friday 18th July 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Saturday 19th July 2014
The Caterpillar Cat (Pathfinder Tours)
- DRS Class 68 Eastleigh (pu) - Romsey (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Filton Abbey Wood (pu) - Cheltenham Spa - Lickey Incline - Birmingham New Street - Bescot - Stafford - Crewe (sd) - Chester (then ECS back to Crewe)
- DRS Class 68 Crewe (pu) - Chester (pu) - Wrexham - Gobowen - Shrewsbury - Hereford - Abergavenny - Filton Abbey wood (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Trowbridge (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Romsey (sd) - Eastleigh
Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (by service train to Rugby) - Rugby - Nuneaton - Crewe (pu) - Preston - Carnforth
- 60009 Carnforth - Shap - Penrith - Carlisle
- 60009 Carlisle - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn - Preston
- 86259 Preston - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
The Exmoor Coast Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC 47/57 Sheffield (pu) - Dronfield (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Alfreton (pu) - Langley Mill (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Hinckley (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Minehead (break/rev) & return
The Bristol Docker Plus Bath Spa & Bristol (UK Railtours)
- DBS tba Hitchin (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Hertford North (pu) - Cuffley (pu) - Finsbury Park (pu) - Ealing Broadway (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads s
- DBS tba Bristol Tempole Meads (pu) - Parson Street - Avon Gorge - Portbury Docks (rev) - Avon Gorge - Parson Street - Bristol Temple Meads - Narroways Hill Junction - Clifton Down - Avonmouth - Hallen March Junction - Filton Junctions - Filton Abbey wood - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads s
- DBS tba Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge - Westbury East Chord - Newbury - Reading West - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - Ealing Broadway (sd) - Finsbury Park (sd) - Cufflkey (sd) - Hertford North (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Hitchin
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Sunday 20th July 2014
The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)
- 44932 or 45699 or 46115 York (pu) - Church Fenton - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle and return
Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)
- To be confirmed Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston-super-Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Paignton - Kingswear and return
At Dawlish (Summer 1963)..ex-GWR 2800 class No.3842
Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)
- 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon (break) - Hatton - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) (two trips)
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Tornado Effect- The Story So Far. (Steam Tube).
China
China ready for role in(Thailand) projects. (The Nation).
India
India likely to get its first bullet train by 2022: Arunendra Kumar, Railway Board Chairman.(Economic Times).
New Zealand
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