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November 23, 2014

International & UK Railway News 23rd November 2014

..Total Railway News
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An interview with Christopher Vine of "Peter's Railway"... how to encourage the young into a career of engineering is the motivation....
HS2 "slowly dying"?
Eurostar drama..and the future..
Next week's rail tour programme..
Indian Railway news....corruption, broad gauge, power upgrade, punctuality, faster trains are the issues covered...
And Russia looks toward China....


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Headlines
UK
HS2 'slowly dying’ as Euston terminus plan grinds to halt.(The Telegraph)


Rail, road and bus spending is the way to bridge the north-south divide.(The Guardian)


Trams are back in fashion. So is a sense of collective imagination about our cities.(The Guardian)


Eurostar drama as passengers are left stranded in total darkness for up to nine hours.(London Evening Standard)


Eurostar looks to the future with new e320 trains .(Codewit World News)


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UK Heritage & Events


WARLEY NATIONAL 2014

At the NEC Birmingham


Saturday 22nd November 2014 (9.45am* - 6pm)
Sunday 23rd November 2014 (9.45am* - 5pm)
*Advance ticket holders 9.15am - Saturday and Sunday
We saw Peter's Railway.....
Tucked in a small corner near catering - not a bad location perhaps given children's propensity for eating- we found Peter's Railway, and author Christopher Vine.
We were able to have a few words with him, in between the continuous crowds who came by and stopped....



His visit to the Department for Transport, London was in connection with a children's railway safety book, and involvement to encourage and foster the ideas of careers in the railway industry.
Two vintage locomotives on display were Talyllyn and Bellerophon....
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....and a host of stalls for modellers' requirements, heritage railways, new builds....such as the P2....and book & DVD outlets....
More in December's "On Shed"......


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Thursday 27th November 2014

The Bath Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • 34067 Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return


 




Saturday 29th November 2014

The Festive St. Nicholas Express (Compass Tours)

  • 40145 Southport (pu) - Burscough Bridge (pu) - Wigan Wallgate (pu) - Westhoughton (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - York (break/rev) & return


The Cleveland Potter Mini-tour (Compass Tours)



The Festive Portsmouth Explorer (Pathfinder Tours)

  • DRS Class 37 (Pair) Stafford (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Swindon - Didcot - Reading West - Basingstoke - Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) & return


The Marches Castle (Pathfinder Tours)

  • To be confirmed Eastleigh (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Romsey (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Warminster (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Bradford-on-Avon - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) -
  • 5029 Bristol Temple Meads - Abergavenny - Hereford - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury
  • 5029 Shrewsbury (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Hereford - Abergavenny - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) -
  • To be confirmed Bristol Temple Meads - Bath Spa (sd) - Bradford-on-Avon (sd) - Trowbridge (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Warminster (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Romsey (sd) - Southampton Central (sd) - Eastleigh




The Worcester Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • steam tbc London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Oxford - Evesham - Worcester Shrub Hill
  • steam tbc Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa - Stroud - Sapperton - Kemble - Swindon - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington


Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 & 57 Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - Doncaster - York (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return


The Cathedrals Express To Ludlow Medieval Fayre (Steam Dreams)

  • WCRC 47/57 pool London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Twyford (pu) - Reading (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Gloucester
  • 2 x Black 5 Gloucester - Chepstow - Abergavenny - Hereford (sd) - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury
  • 2 x Black 5 Shrewsbury (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Hereford - Abergavenny - Bristol area
  • WCRC 47/57 pool Bristol area - Swindon (sd) - Reading (sd) - Twyford (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington


The Solent Victorian (UK Railtours)

  • SWT Class 159 x 2 London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Guildford - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) & return


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International
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India






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