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21st April | |||
| Battery Multiple Unit enters public service | (Monday) | on forum | railcar |
20th April | |||
| Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel | (Monday) | ||
19th April | |||
| Foundation, Beatties of London | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
18th April | |||
| SEWWEB leaflet launched and Aztec West | (Wednesday) | on forum | forum |
| Melksham Station closed | (Monday) | on forum | |
17th April | |||
| Formation Committee Meeting, TransWilts CRP | (Saturday) | on forum | wellho |
16th April | |||
| ~ Tulyar arrives at Swanley New Barn Railway | (Thursday) | on forum | steamdriver weebly |
15th April | |||
| ~ Introduction of first Motor Luggage Van | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
13th April | |||
| First (broad gauge) train ran complete line from Oxford via Worcester to Wolverhampton | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
12th April | |||
| London Transport bans bus advert | (Thursday) | ||
11th April | |||
| Mystery tour from Worksop (Eastbourne) | (Monday) | sixbellsjunction | |
10th April | |||
| Scottish Golf by Train website registered | (Thursday) | on forum | scottishgolfbyt... |
9th April | |||
| Rail to Refuge goes nationwide | (Thursday) | on forum | raildeliverygroup |
8th April | |||
| XPT passenger trains enter service in Australia | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
6th April | |||
| Two Tunnels cycleway opens | (Saturday) | on forum | bbc twotunnels |
5th April | |||
| Ballast Dust working group publications | (Tuesday) | networkrail | |
| First passenger train - South Devon Railway | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
| Kingsway Tram Tunnel closed | (Saturday) | on forum | underground-his... subbrit |
4th April | |||
| Release of Great St Trinians Train Robbery | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
| Railway Clerks Union (now TSSA) formed | (Sunday) | documentcloud tssa | |
3rd April | |||
| Wick and Lybster Railway closed | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
2nd April | |||
| First Panda Crossing | (Monday) | on forum | |
1st April | |||
 SEWWEB - An April Fool that makes sense | (Sunday) | on forum | sewweb sewweb |
| National Senior Railcard introduced | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Wessex Trains, Thames Trains and Great Western combined into single franchise | (Saturday) | ||
31st March | |||
| Last run of 4EPB | (Friday) | youtube youtube | |
| Last day of CAPRI; replaced by LENNON | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
30th March | |||
| Cycle Hire available at Melksham Station | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
| "Person hit by train" forum advice thread started | (Tuesday) | on forum | forum |
29th March | |||
| Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
28th March | |||
 Formal end to carrying coffins by BR | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia forum |
| Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore closed | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| MOD Kineton tour, branch line society | (Saturday) | rogerfarnworth | |
| Woman found murdered on Orpington to London train | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
27th March | |||
| Publication of Beeching Report | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
26th March | |||
| Britain's last trolley bus system (Bradford) closes | (Sunday) | on forum | |
| Launch of TransWilts Community Rail Partnership | (Friday) | on forum | savethetrain |
| Swindon Works closed | (Wednesday) | on forum | steam-museum |
| ERTMS goes operational across Cambrian lines | (Saturday) | wikipedia ertms | |
25th March | |||
| Thames Tunnel opens to public | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
23rd March | |||
| Lockdown - Covid-19 | (Monday) | on forum | |
| Bluebell Railway services start to East Grinstead | (Saturday) | on forum | |
22nd March | |||
| Closure - Cononley station | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
21st March | |||
| Runaway Mine Train opens at Alton Towers | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
20th March | |||
| Warrington bomb in rubbish bin leads to removal of rubbish bins from railway stations | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| ~ Most expensive Totem at Auction? | (Saturday) | on forum | gwra |
19th March | |||
| Train parked in wrong place causes chaos | (Thursday) | on forum | |
18th March | |||
| Naming of "Evening Star" | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
17th March | |||
| ~ Research into use of TVMs | (Saturday) | gov | |
16th March | |||
| ~ Cook's European timetable first published | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
15th March | |||
 Bus Back Better launched | (Monday) | on forum | |
14th March | |||
 Baku Children's Railway construction starts | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
 Ferryhill turntable back in use | (Thursday) | on forum | frht |
13th March | |||
| Website of the week - Man in seat 61 | (Saturday) | on forum | seat61 |
12th March | |||
| First narrow gauge train over Croesor crossing | (Thursday) | on forum | welshhighlandhe... |
11th March | |||
| Formation of Cotswold Line Promotion Group | (Saturday) | on forum | clpg |
| Opening of Clifton Rocks Railway | (Saturday) | on forum | cliftonrocksrai... |
| Penzance Station opened | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
10th March | |||
 FGW make all trains no smoking | (Friday) | on forum | forum |
9th March | |||
| Rail industry confirms future potential demand for new trains and carriages | (Monday) | on forum | eversholtrail |
8th March | |||
 Leader - Bullied expresses confidence | (Wednesday) | sremg | |
| First "Where is this" picture quiz | (Thursday) | on forum | forum |
| Seaton Tramway extension Colyton to Colyford | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
7th March | |||
 The Western Region of British Railways closes the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway | (Monday) | on forum | bbc wikipedia |
| Passenger services withdrawn from Wilton South | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
6th March | |||
 Ffriog Cutting accident - lead to avalache shelter | (Monday) | on forum | historypoints ambaile |
5th March | |||
| First passenger train (heritage) Alderney | (Wednesday) | on forum | alderneyrailway |
4th March | |||
| Addition of "Vexacious Interacter" clause to forum agreement | (Monday) | on forum | |
3rd March | |||
| Race across the world | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| 2nd edition of GRIP process | (Saturday) | on forum | networkrail railengineer |
2nd March | |||
 TravelWatch SouthWest - final pre-covid in real life general meeting | (Monday) | on forum | travelwatchsout... |
| Withdrawal of passenger services Swindon to Highworth | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
 Callington Station opened | (Monday) | on forum | |
1st March | |||
| Civil Aviation Authority established | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia wickersworld |
| Opening of Defiance Halt | (Wednesday) | on forum | saltash |
 Opening of Listowel and Ballybunion Railway | (Thursday) | on forum | monorails rogerfarnworth |
29th February | |||
| Cholsey and Moulsford opened and Moulsford (Wallingford Road) closed | (Monday) | on forum | |
28th February | |||
| Greta Thunberg in Bristol | (Friday) | on forum | bbc forum |
| Moorgate Tube disaster | (Friday) | on forum | london-fire railmagazine |
| First order placed for Brush 47 locomotives | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia worldwiderails |
| Last day of service - Acton Town to South Acton | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
27th February | |||
| 1st transport of French Jews to Nazi Germany | (Friday) | on forum | onthisday encyclopedia |
26th February | |||
| Midwinter Lull? | (Saturday) | on forum | |
25th February | |||
 Swindon Works authorised | (Thursday) | on forum | swindonweb |
24th February | |||
| < King William Street station closed | (Saturday) | ||
| Paddington Bear statue unveiled | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
23rd February | |||
| GoCo rebrands Go-Op | (Thursday) | on forum | go-op swindonadvertiser |
22nd February | |||
| GoCo proposal - class 50 Yeovil to Oxford | (Tuesday) | on forum | forum |
21st February | |||
| First locomotive-hauled railway journey, Trevithick, Penydarren | (Tuesday) | ||
 The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired. | (Tuesday) | on forum | pinterest booksandmud |
20th February | |||
 Final closure of Swindon panel | (Saturday) | on forum | forum swindonpanel |
19th February | |||
| Know your stations quiz | (Sunday) | on forum | |
18th February | |||
| Various Railway Accidents | (Tuesday) | on forum | forum |
17th February | |||
 Introduction of London congestion charge | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| First diesel express from Paddington | (Monday) | on forum | bbc |
16th February | |||
 Weekend returns avaiable on The Midland | (Saturday) | on forum | |
15th February | |||
| Initial journey - Jellicoe Express | (Thursday) | on forum | londonremembers theorkneynews |
14th February | |||
| Last train to call at Bicester TOWN | (Friday) | on forum | |
| Great Marlow renamed to Marlow | (Thursday) | on forum | |
13th February | |||
| First test firing of rail mounted gun - Elam Valley | (Thursday) | on forum | disused-stations wikipedia wikipedia |
12th February | |||
| Western Pathfinder (D1001) build date | (Monday) | on forum | westernlocomoti... wikipedia |
| Curry Rivel to Castle Cary opened to freight | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
11th February | |||
| Appeal for funds for Gladstone | (Friday) | on forum | stephensonloco |
| Kilmersdon Colliery opens | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia theimportanceof... irsociety |
10th February | |||
| Harold Wood - Brentwood accident | (Monday) | on forum | railwaysarchive wikipedia |
9th February | |||
| Blockage through snow - Aviemore to Forres | (Saturday) | on forum | derbysulzers |
8th February | |||
| < London Necropolis railway station resited | (Saturday) | wikipedia wikipedia | |
| Swansea to Carmarthen doubled | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia broadgauge |
7th February | |||
| Timber Ferrybridge replace by steel bridge | (Sunday) | on forum | portlandhistory |
| Formation of ASLEF | (Saturday) | on forum | nationalarchives |
| Boiler explosion, Gloucester | (Wednesday) | on forum | firstgreatweste... railwaysarchive wikipedia |
6th February | |||
| Class 151 in service | (Thursday) | on forum | traintesting traintesting |
| Document archive added to Coffee Shop | (Saturday) | on forum | forum |
5th February | |||
| Closure - Alton to Fareham | (Saturday) | on forum | |
| Foundation meeting, heritage railway to Minehead | (Friday) | on forum | mineheadraillin... wikipedia |
4th February | |||
| Dawlish Washout | (Tuesday) | on forum | forum |
| South West Trains franchise starts | (Sunday) | on forum | stagecoachgroup |
| Great Western Intercity franchise commences | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia wikipedia |
| Newquay to Chacewater line closes | (Monday) | on forum | |
| Newquay to Chacewater line opens | (Saturday) | on forum | |
3rd February | |||
| First Ghan passenger train reached Darwin | (Tuesday) | on forum | northernterritory wikipedia |
2nd February | |||
| Children under 5 occupying seats | (Thursday) | on forum | |
1st February | |||
| Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
31st January | |||
| "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer, 133 die | (Saturday) | on forum | historic-uk belfasttelegraph wikipedia bbc |
30th January | |||
| Great Western Railway Temperance Union | (Thursday) | on forum | turniprail wikipedia |
29th January | |||
| "Western Fusilier" rail tour - Paddington to Hereford | (Saturday) | on forum | sixbellsjunction wikimedia |
| Holborn Viaduct station closes | (Monday) | on forum | disused-stations |
28th January | |||
| First posts on the Coffee Shop forum | (Sunday) | on forum | forum |
27th January | |||
| Torbay Tramway closed because of snow | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia tramwayinfo |
26th January | |||
| firstgreatwestern.info domain registered | (Friday) | on forum | forum |
25th January | |||
| FGW announces link with Singapore Airlines | (Saturday) | on forum | futuretravelexp... |
24th January | |||
| More Train Less Strain call on Ruth Kelly to remove franchise from FGW | (Thursday) | on forum | forum dailymail |
| Hansard on First Great Western | (Wednesday) | on forum | parliament |
23rd January | |||
| Start of 6 weeks of snowfall | (Thursday) | on forum | metoffice wikipedia |
22nd January | |||
| Sailpowered Rail | (Friday) | on forum | douglas-self wikipedia |
| Amtrak New York to Tampa ends | (Sunday) | ||
| Famous Train Royal Mail stamps | (Tuesday) | on forum | collectgbstamps |
| Initial meeting - Women in Community Rail | (Friday) | on forum | wicr |
21st January | |||
| Early reference to Go-Co | (Friday) | on forum | forum paulgosling |
20th January | |||
| Opening of Yeovil Pen Mill - Weymouth line | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
19th January | |||
| Heathrow Junction Station opens and receives first train | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia ianvisits |
| Trend to bring back barriers is damaging the customer experience | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia yorkpress news |
18th January | |||
| Closure Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
17th January | |||
| ~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train | (Wednesday) | on forum | bridgestone |
16th January | |||
| Winter of discontent - 24 hour rail strike | (Tuesday) | on forum | libcom wikipedia |
15th January | |||
| RoSCo Eversholt changes hands | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia eversholtrail |
14th January | |||
| Strategic Rail Authority unveils 10 year plan | (Monday) | on forum | theguardian |
13th January | |||
| Groupsaves on Ticket Machines | (Friday) | on forum | travel forum |
12th January | |||
| A quiet day in previous years | (Monday) | on forum | |
11th January | |||
| TVM - a fair weather facility? | (Wednesday) | on forum | forum |
10th January | |||
| Defibrillators discussion pack published by Network Rail | (Tuesday) | on forum | networkrail theargus |
| Metropolitain line opened from Paddington | (Saturday) | on forum | gov ltmuseum |
9th January | |||
| Incorporation of Railway Development Society Ltd (now Railfuture) | (Friday) | on forum | railwaydevelopm... railfuture |
8th January | |||
| Cannon Street buffer stop collision | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
7th January | |||
| Closure of Upwey Wishing Well Halt | (Monday) | on forum | opcdorset dorsetecho |
6th January | |||
| Hixon Railway accident | (Saturday) | on forum | railwaysarchive forum wikipedia |
5th January | |||
| Last service - Swansea and Mumbles Tramway | (Tuesday) | on forum | walesonline |
4th January | |||
| Portishead (New) station opened | (Monday) | on forum | portisheadrailw... |
3rd January | |||
| Cheltenham (St James) station closes | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
2nd January | |||
| Formation of Railway Clearing House | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
| Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
1st January | |||
| Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia railwaysarchive |
| Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Reading (Southern) electrified | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| "Murder on the Orient Express" published | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
