31st December | |||
 Closure of Builth Road low level platforms | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Withdrawal of passenger services on the Faringdon Branch | (Monday) | on forum | faringdon |
30th December | |||
| Liverpool Overhead Railway closed | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
28th December | |||
| Summit Tunnel fire | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia forum |
 Tay Bridge disaster | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
26th December | |||
 ~ Every HST Livery? | (Thursday) | transportdesigned | |
25th December | |||
| Last year that trains ran on Christmas Day | (Friday) | on forum | theguardian ianvisits |
24th December | |||
| Opening of Cairngorm funicular | (Monday) | ||
22nd December | |||
| last train ferry journey Dover to Dunkerque | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Final section of M4 motorway opened | (Wednesday) | hungerfordvirtu... | |
| Vale of Rheidol Railway opens for passenger traffic | (Monday) | on forum | |
21st December | |||
| Railway Children, film | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
20th December | |||
| Pneumatic tyre attachment patented, Syracuse, NY | (Tuesday) | on forum | onlinebicyclemu... patents |
19th December | |||
| Loss of the Penlee Lifeboat and Union Star | (Saturday) | on forum | |
| Death of Joseph Turner | (Friday) | on forum | |
18th December | |||
| Collector's Corner | (Saturday) | on forum | flickr info |
| Closure of UK's last deep coal mine | (Friday) | ||
17th December | |||
| Railway through Swindon opened | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
15th December | |||
| TfL Rail services commence to Reading | (Sunday) | ||
14th December | |||
| Glasgow Underground opens | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
13th December | |||
| Announcement - First have won GW franchise | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
12th December | |||
| Platform 0 opened at Doncaster | (Monday) | on forum | doncasterfreepr... |
| Caroline designated for preservation | (Friday) | on forum | preservedthumpers |
| Clapham Junction collision kills 35 | (Monday) | on forum | bbc |
10th December | |||
| Final day of passenger service, Maindee curve | (Saturday) | on forum | railchronology |
| Final day of through SWR services London (Waterloo) to Bristol Temple Meads | (Friday) | on forum | |
9th December | |||
| National Expreess East Coast franchise starts | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Last day of London Routemaster buses in ordinary service | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
8th December | |||
| Restoration of useable service through Melksham | (Sunday) | on forum | wellho |
| Old Oak Common depot closes | (Saturday) | railmagazine | |
7th December | |||
| Long Island Railroad shooting | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
6th December | |||
| London becomes first city to host licensed taxi cabs | (Monday) | whatshotlondon | |
5th December | |||
| Post Office Underground opens to Paddington | (Monday) | on forum | postalmuseum |
4th December | |||
| Theft of Chocolate at Melksham Station | (Sunday) | on forum | wellho |
3rd December | |||
| Bhopal gas leak | (Monday) | on forum | theatlantic netflix |
2nd December | |||
| Kindertransport - first arrival in London | (Friday) | on forum | facebook org |
1st December | |||
| First (press trip) run of a GWR diesel railcar | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| First passenger train through Severn Tunnel | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
30th November | |||
 Cyclist killed by lorry | (Monday) | on forum | statista |
29th November | |||
| TransPennine Electrification Announced | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
28th November | |||
| Closure of Abbotsbury branch | (Friday) | on forum | dorsetecho |
26th November | |||
 Great Storm | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia historytoday onlinelibrary rmg |
25th November | |||
| Reading Station redevelopment nears competion | (Saturday) | on forum | |
24th November | |||
| Head on collision Between Pontrhydyfen and Cwmavon | (Thursday) | on forum | railwaysarchive |
22nd November | |||
| Petition for mileage based fares | (Saturday) | on forum | |
23rd November | |||
 Closure of line from Pilning to Severn Beach to passenger services | (Monday) | on forum | com |
21st November | |||
| Canoe River Train Crash | (Tuesday) | on forum | therockymountai... |
20th November | |||
| Restoration of service to Okehampton | (Saturday) | on forum | |
19th November | |||
| Last boat train to Stranraer | (Saturday) | on forum | |
| Montreal and Lachine Railroad Opened | (Friday) | thecanadianency... | |
18th November | |||
| Railmotor trips to Looe | (Sunday) | on forum | saltash |
17th November | |||
| Post from Wuppertal | (Thursday) | on forum | |
16th November | |||
| Foundation of ancestor organsiation to Railfuture | (Friday) | on forum | railfuture |
15th November | |||
| first revenue earning container train | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia railmagazine |
14th November | |||
| Railway Mission founded | (Monday) | on forum | sciencemuseumgr... |
| First Eurostar service leaves Waterloo (International) | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
13th November | |||
| Final Eurostar service leaves Waterloo (International) | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
12th November | |||
| Incline lift opens at Greenford | (Thursday) | fourway | |
11th November | |||
| Hitachi and Eversholt Rail develop battery for a GWR intercity battery hybrid train trial | (Thursday) | eversholtrail | |
| ~ Opening of Centre for Applied Technology | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
9th November | |||
| Death at Box Tunnel | (Saturday) | on forum | |
8th November | |||
 Launch of Peel 50 and Moulton bicycle | (Thursday) | moultonbuzz britishpathe | |
7th November | |||
| Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company registered | (Monday) | gracesguide | |
6th November | |||
| Ufton Nervet Rail Crash | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia bbc |
 Demolition of Doric Arch, Euston | (Monday) | on forum | heritagecalling |
5th November | |||
| Pilning Station Footbridge removed | (Saturday) | on forum | fosbr |
| Railways Act receives royal assent | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia org |
4th November | |||
| Final edition, Great Britain Bus Timetable | (Saturday) | ||
| Major reorganisation of buses in the Trowbridge area | (Sunday) | warminstervbrd | |
3rd November | |||
| Reduction of First Class | (Monday) | on forum | |
2nd November | |||
| Watford Gap and Newport Pagnell, opened with temporary facilities | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
1st November | |||
| Isle of Wight line reopens with class 484 trains | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Diesel train speed record - class 43 / HST, East Coast Main Line, 148 mph | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Tintern Station opened | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
| Requirement to provide a daily train at 1d per mile max | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
31st October | |||
| Last run of "Night Ferry" | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Closure of Longmoor Military Railway | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
 Birth of Colonel Holman Fred Stephens | (Saturday) | on forum | northsomersetti... |
30th October | |||
| Global Warming - call for urgent action | (Monday) | on forum | britannica |
29th October | |||
| Bristol Industrial Museum closes | (Sunday) | bristolindustri... | |
| Transport Analysis Guidance published by DfT | (Tuesday) | on forum | gov |
28th October | |||
| Inaugural run - Spirit of Queensland | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
27th October | |||
| Last cross Channel passenger ferry from Southampton | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
26th October | |||
| Coffee Shop Facebook page created | (Friday) | on forum | |
| Bus deregulation | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
25th October | |||
| Severn Bridge Disaster | (Tuesday) | on forum | severntales |
| Open access operator Lumo starts - London to Edinburgh | (Monday) | on forum | lumo |
24th October | |||
| Concorde retires | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
23rd October | |||
 First narrow gauge steam train in UK | (Sunday) | on forum | facebook festipedia |
| Foundation for Railway Heritage Trust | (Tuesday) | on forum | railwayheritage... |
| Opening of Birkenhead (Monks Ferry) station | (Wednesday) | wikipedia disused-stations | |
22nd October | |||
| National Rail Museum, Shildon, opened | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
21st October | |||
| Good use for an Adelante | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
20th October | |||
 First meeting, Guild of Railway Artists | (Saturday) | on forum | artbiogs railart |
19th October | |||
| First Bradshaw's Timetable published | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia free-online free-online |
18th October | |||
 A report from Eritrea | (Saturday) | on forum | asmera eritrea |
17th October | |||
| Severn Rail Bridge opened | (Friday) | on forum | |
| Bangkok to Rangoon railway links up | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
| Rail Accident Investigation Branch becomes operational | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
16th October | |||
| first class 800 into passenger service with GWR | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
 Lacock Halt opened | (Monday) | on forum | wellho wshc |
15th October | |||
| National Audit Office warns of higher fare and overcrowding | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
14th October | |||
| FGW publishes their passenger charter | (Monday) | on forum | |
13th October | |||
| Greenwich chosen as universal meridian | (Monday) | on forum | beautifulbritain |
12th October | |||
| Release in EU of Rail Simultor game | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
| Last milk train on SR - from Torrington | (Thursday) | on forum | sremg |
| Steam motors enter regular service with GWR | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
10th October | |||
| ~ Rail Real Ale Trail | (Saturday) | beerhouses | |
9th October | |||
| First drive Lands End to John o-Groats | (Saturday) | on forum | beautifulbritain |
8th October | |||
| Harrow and Wealdstone Rail Crash | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
6th October | |||
| Opening of Rainhill Trials | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
5th October | |||
| Ladbroke Grove collision | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Newquay Signal Box closed | (Monday) | ||
| Barnstaple to Ilfracome line closed | (Monday) | ||
4th October | |||
| First Escalator switched on, Earls Court | (Wednesday) | on forum | funtrivia |
| HST - first public service | (Monday) | on forum | news |
| Last mail exchange at speed by a travelling post office | (Monday) | on forum | postalmuseum |
3rd October | |||
| Ashton Avenue Bridge opened | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Opening of Martins Heron station | (Monday) | ||
| Teeside Airport station opens | (Sunday) | on forum | |
2nd October | |||
| What now for Britain's Railways? | (Thursday) | on forum | news |
| Launch of PS Waverley | (Wednesday) | on forum | nationalhistori... |
1st October | |||
| Last run of Double Decker train | (Friday) | on forum | bloodandcustard |
| Opening of the Queen Adelaide loop, Ely | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
30th September | |||
| BRB Residuary Body abolished | (Monday) | on forum | gov |
| District line trains cease to serve Slough | (Wednesday) | on forum | londonist |
29th September | |||
| TransWilts is designated, and marketing award for Weymouth Wizard | (Thursday) | on forum | forum |
| Lynton and Barnstaple closed | (Sunday) | on forum | |
28th September | |||
| Westinghouse Air Brake Company founded | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
| Final DFDS Ferry, Harwich to Esbjerg | (Sunday) | on forum | harwichesbjerg |
27th September | |||
| Opening of Stockton to Darlington Railway | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia sbdepotmuseum |
26th September | |||
| Concorde - first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic | (Wednesday) | nms | |
25th September | |||
| First UK motorised bus service, Bradford | (Saturday) | beautifulbritain | |
| Skytrain launches | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
24th September | |||
| Fastest modern run - Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington, 72 minutes | (Tuesday) | ||
23rd September | |||
| Thomas Cook Collapses | (Monday) | on forum | beautifulbritain |
22nd September | |||
| Swindon Tramway opened | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
 Railway Clearing House standardises GMT | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
21st September | |||
| ~ Traction decarbonisation strategy published | (Monday) | networkrail | |
20th September | |||
| Closures on Isle of Wight | (Sunday) | on forum | islandecho |
| Formation meeting - Save The Train | (Tuesday) | on forum | wellho |
| Black Dog Halt closed | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
19th September | |||
| Southall Rail Crash | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
18th September | |||
| Last public service Waterford to Rosslare | (Saturday) | on forum | wexfordtoday |
17th September | |||
| Blackout regulations eased allowing lights on buses, trains and at stations | (Sunday) | beautifulbritain | |
16th September | |||
| Truro (Newham) station bypassed | (Wednesday) | on forum | free-online |
15th September | |||
| First Great Western rebrands Great Western Railway | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
| Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens | (Wednesday) | ||
14th September | |||
| £13,200 taxi fare, London to New Delhi | (Wednesday) | beautifulbritain | |
13th September | |||
| Final day, All The Stations | (Wednesday) | on forum | youtube |
12th September | |||
| West Wiltshire Model Railway Circle founded | (Tuesday) | westwiltsmrc | |
| Last Surbiton to Okehampton Car Carrier | (Saturday) | bloodandcustard | |
| Newport Transporter Bridge opened | (Wednesday) | newport | |
11th September | |||
| DfT - "a good day to bury bad news" | (Tuesday) | on forum | civilservant |
10th September | |||
| Devon and Cornwall railcards combined | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
| End date for Rail Development Group "Easier Fares" consultation | (Monday) | on forum | forum |
9th September | |||
| Final run of slip coach | (Friday) | ||
| Final commuter trains from Swindon to Melksham | (Saturday) | on forum | wellho |
8th September | |||
| Final run of "Pines" over Somerset and Dorset | (Saturday) | on forum | |
| Calstock Wagon Hoist advertised for scrap | (Thursday) | on forum | saltash |
| New Passage Pier open to public | (Tuesday) | on forum | bristol-rail |
7th September | |||
| Closure of line to Portishead to passenger services | (Monday) | on forum | |
6th September | |||
| ~ Withdrawal from public use of last camping coach | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
5th September | |||
| First Imberbus | (Saturday) | on forum | passengertransp... imberbus |
2nd September | |||
| Opening of railway through Melksham | (Saturday) | on forum | twhc |
1st September | |||
| Harry Potter meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Grainger on the Hogwards Express | (Sunday) | on forum | harrypotter |
| Transport 2000 renames as Better Transport | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
31st August | |||
| Harrier Jump Jet makes first flight | (Wednesday) | ||
30th August | |||
| Fishguard Harbour station opened | (Thursday) | ||
28th August | |||
| Opening of Seaton Tramway | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
27th August | |||
| First Jet Aircraft flight | (Sunday) | ||
26th August | |||
 Bristol Queen breaks a paddle wheel | (Saturday) | on forum | paddlesteamers |
25th August | |||
| Line from Swindon to Kemble redouble completed | (Monday) | on forum | bbc |
22nd August | |||
| ~ Nightstar train testing starts | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
21st August | |||
| Dismaland opens in Weston | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
19th August | |||
| Merehead Rail Terminal opened | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
| Night Tube services commence | (Friday) | wikipedia railfaneurope | |
18th August | |||
| Strikers extinuish fire on locomotive - Llanelli | (Friday) | historypoints | |
15th August | |||
| Virgin pulls out of further franchise bids | (Wednesday) | ||
14th August | |||
| 180112 at KX on the 16:05 to Hull | (Friday) | traintesting traintesting | |
13th August | |||
| ~ Great Horseless Carriage Company - maker of electric taxis - closes down | (Sunday) | sciencemuseumgr... taxis-in-chester | |
12th August | |||
| Head on Collision, Rhode Island. First accident photographed | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
11th August | |||
| Cambridge Guided Busway begins operation | (Thursday) | ||
| savethetrain.org.uk domain registered | (Thursday) | ||
| Last British Rail operated steam train on standard gauge | (Sunday) | ||
10th August | |||
| Opening West Hill Cliff Lift, Hastings | (Sunday) | visit1066country | |
8th August | |||
| Great Train Robbery | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Waterloo and City Line opened | (Monday) | ||
7th August | |||
| First "Well House" transport blog | (Saturday) | on forum | wellho |
| First Bluebell Railway train | (Sunday) | on forum | |
5th August | |||
| Defining the InterCity brand | (Monday) | europebyrail | |
| Treganna Castle Hotel opens | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
4th August | |||
| Volks Electric Railway opens | (Saturday) | on forum | volkselectricra... |
3rd August | |||
| Network Rail - first survey by drone | (Friday) | railtech | |
1st August | |||
| Closure of Wantage Tramway | (Saturday) | ||
31st July | |||
| Recycled Plastic Sleepers in use | (Saturday) | networkrailmedi... | |
| Picadilly line open to Cockfosters | (Monday) | ||
30th July | |||
| First British built electric buses on London's Roads | (Wednesday) | gov | |
29th July | |||
| First electric-only train reaches Cardiff | (Thursday) | ||
28th July | |||
| Last Commercial flight from Plymouth Airport | (Thursday) | ||
27th July | |||
| Opening of Pneumatic Railway at Crystal Palace | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
26th July | |||
 ~ Cass Scenic Railroad and WVAGM | (Thursday) | on forum | hawkinsrails |
25th July | |||
| Concorde crash in Paris | (Tuesday) | news | |
| Hovertravel service Portsmouth to Ryde starts | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
23rd July | |||
| First Bus announces North Devon pullout | (Monday) | cbwmagazine | |
21st July | |||
| Trans Siberian Railway Completed | (Thursday) | onthisday wikipedia | |
20th July | |||
| Barnstaple to Ilfracome line opened | (Monday) | on forum | |
19th July | |||
 Class 153 cycle carriages come to West Highland Line | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia scotrail |
18th July | |||
| Longest Swing Bridge opens | (Tuesday) | theguardian | |
17th July | |||
| Birthday - Kenneth Grange, HST Designer | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
| Crashworthness test of Nuclear Flask train | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
14th July | |||
| Beer Heights light railway opens | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
| Chris Grayling becomes Minister of State at the Department for Transport | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
12th July | |||
 Final run - Drumm Battery Train | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia ucd irishcentral youtube |
11th July | |||
| Swindon Tramway closed | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia swindonadvertiser |
10th July | |||
| Marlow Station relocated | (Monday) | on forum | nrmfriends |
9th July | |||
| Birth of Nikola Tesla | (Wednesday) | britannica | |
7th July | |||
| Bomb attack on London public transport | (Thursday) | on forum | |
6th July | |||
| Fire in a sleeper train at Taunton leaves 12 dead | (Thursday) | on forum | news |
5th July | |||
| Furze Platt (Halt) opened | (Monday) | on forum | |
| Office of Rail Regulator established | (Monday) | ||
3rd July | |||
| TransWilts to Weymouth - summer trips revived | (Sunday) | on forum | forum |
2nd July | |||
| Inaugural meeting of Transport Planning Society | (Wednesday) | org | |
| Uber Launches in London | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia d1nyezh1ys8wfo |
| Saltash Signal Box closes | (Monday) | saltash | |
| Transport Act 1962 (Amendment) Act 1981 ("Speller") | (Thursday) | on forum | railwaysarchive |
1st July | |||
| First run - Cornish Riviera Express | (Friday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Maidenhead Railway Bridge first used | (Monday) | railengineer | |
| Badminton cutoff opens to passengers | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Wick and Lybster Railway opened | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
| Devizes Station opened | (Wednesday) | ||
30th June | |||
| Box Tunnel opened | (Wednesday) | networkrail | |
| Oyster cards introduced | (Monday) | ||
29th June | |||
| First through passenger train leaves St Johns for Port-aux-Basques | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
28th June | |||
| Flexi Ticket Launch | (Monday) | gov | |
27th June | |||
| Private Eye on Pilning | (Thursday) | on forum | |
26th June | |||
| Trams back in Cardiff? | (Friday) | on forum | |
25th June | |||
| Railtrack Ltd - Scottish Company | (Friday) | on forum | |
23rd June | |||
| First use of water troughs | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
22nd June | |||
| Chippenham Station Building "listed" | (Thursday) | historicengland | |
| Kensington Olympia to Perth Motorail goes double deck | (Wednesday) | wikipedia | |
| GWR Museum opened on Farringdon Road, Swindon | (Friday) | ||
| Empire Wndrush arrives at Tilbury | (Tuesday) | historytoday | |
21st June | |||
| Proposal to close Breich station | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
18th June | |||
| Transport Users' Consultative Committee members revealed | (Wednesday) | on forum | parliament |
17th June | |||
| Museum of Bristol opens in M Shed | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
16th June | |||
| Last passenger train services to Nailsworth | (Monday) | ||
15th June | |||
| GWR Community Rail conference at Swindon | (Friday) | on forum | forum |
13th June | |||
| First journey by a reigning monarch by train | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
12th June | |||
| Armagh Train Disaster | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
11th June | |||
| ASR class enter service in Thailand | (Tuesday) | wikipedia | |
| Eltham Well Hall rail crash | (Sunday) | on forum | |
10th June | |||
| First parking meter, Mayfair | (Tuesday) | britishparking | |
| Launch of Network SouthEast | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Last car carrying train from Pilning | (Friday) | on forum | pilningstation |
9th June | |||
| Christow station closed to passengers | (Monday) | on forum | |
7th June | |||
| Bath Bus Station opened | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
6th June | |||
| ~ First Crossrail suggestion | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
4th June | |||
| Great Western Preservation Society launched | (Monday) | ||
| Locomotive Manufacturers Association (now Rail Industry Association) set up | (Friday) | riagb | |
3rd June | |||
| End of Third class - renamed to second! | (Sunday) | on forum | turniprail |
| Patent filed for axle counter | (Friday) | wikipedia | |
1st June | |||
| Dilton Marsh Halt opened | (Tuesday) | on forum | |
31st May | |||
| Southern Railway gauge switch | (Monday) | on forum | youtube southern |
29th May | |||
| Final passenger service of a Pacer | (Saturday) | on forum | wales |
| Paddington Station Opened | (Monday) | ||
28th May | |||
| Serco awarded Caledonian Sleeper franchise | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
27th May | |||
| Opening of Great Hall at Euston | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
25th May | |||
| authoristion of East Cornwall Mineral Railway | (Thursday) | saltash | |
| British Airways and Southern Railway launched scheduled flights from Gatwick to the IOW | (Monday) | ||
24th May | |||
| Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, paving the way for the first national rail strike since 1994 | (Monday) | ||
| Falkirk Wheel opens | (Friday) | ||
22nd May | |||
| First steam locomotive to operate on Mull | (Sunday) | on forum | archive |
21st May | |||
| Construction Starts, Queensbury Tunnel | (Thursday) | on forum | bbc |
20th May | |||
| Publication of Great British Railways - The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail | (Thursday) | on forum | |
| Last broad gauge train from London to Penzance | (Friday) | on forum | nrmfriends orpheusweb |
19th May | |||
| Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Jail | (Wednesday) | ||
| LMS Coronation Class 46236 City of Bradford on GWR | (Wednesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
18th May | |||
| Trying to take his horse on the train | (Wednesday) | on forum | theguardian metro sciencemuseumgr... |
17th May | |||
| First through trains Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton and Tavistock | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
16th May | |||
| ~ Railway Technical Centre, Derby, opens | (Saturday) | wikipedia | |
15th May | |||
| Tom Harris announces £5000 per CRP | (Thursday) | railwayeye | |
| 1S76 - Brighon and Eastbourne to Glasgow | (Monday) | on forum | 1s76 |
14th May | |||
| first Tal-y-llyn trains run under preservation | (Monday) | on forum | talyllyn |
13th May | |||
| Melksham Station reopened | (Monday) | on forum | |
| Bournemouth Trolley Bus opened | (Saturday) | yellowbuses | |
12th May | |||
| First "Thomas the Tank Engine" book published | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| New station - Winnersh Triangle | (Monday) | on forum | |
| New station - Tiverton Parkway | (Monday) | on forum | |
11th May | |||
| Last commercial boat - Thames and Severn summit | (Thursday) | on forum | cotswoldcanals |
| Westbury reduced to 3 platforms | (Friday) | on forum | signallingnotices |
| Station opens, Lake (IOW) | (Monday) | on forum | |
| Lynton and Barnstaple opened | (Wednesday) | on forum | |
9th May | |||
| Train of feathers delivered to Melksham | (Wednesday) | on forum | wiltshiretimes |
| City of Truro, 102 mph | (Monday) | on forum | railhistory wikipedia |
8th May | |||
| BR rationalises and largely kills wet fish traffic | (Friday) | on forum | bloodandcustard |
7th May | |||
| Day 1, All The Stations | (Sunday) | on forum | youtube |
6th May | |||
| First run of Clansman | (Monday) | on forum | whitropesiding |
| First tweet from GWR/FGW | (Friday) | ||
| DfT / SRA future service level discussion | (Friday) | savethetrain | |
| Channel Tunnel opened | (Friday) | on forum | |
| Trains between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton withdrawn | (Monday) | tavistock-today | |
5th May | |||
| Blue Pullman farewell tour | (Saturday) | railcar | |
4th May | |||
| First WECA Mayor elected | (Thursday) | thebritishacademy | |
| Festival of Britain opens to public | (Friday) | historic-uk | |
3rd May | |||
| Lochluichart new station opens | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| ~ Just one working lower quadrant distant signal left | (Thursday) | on forum | railwayworld |
2nd May | |||
| Last special train to Weymouth Quay | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
| Wilton South station opened | (Monday) | ||
| Royal Albert Bridge opens | (Monday) | ||
1st May | |||
| Bristol Parkway station opens | (Monday) | ||
| Amtrak founded | (Saturday) | amtrak | |
| Helicopter service from Penzance to Scilly Isles starts | (Friday) | ||
| Inauguaral non stop "Flying Scotsman" London to Edinburgh | (Tuesday) | ||
| Great Exhibition opens | (Thursday) | wikipedia | |
30th April | |||
| Brighton Belle withdrawn | (Sunday) | on forum | brightonbelle |
29th April | |||
| Patent award for Janney (Buckeye) coupling | (Sunday) | wikipedia wikipedia | |
| Bristol Bus Boycott announced | (Monday) | blackhistorymonth | |
28th April | |||
| GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
26th April | |||
| DOO strikes start on Southern | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
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) | 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 |
1st April | |||
| SEWWEB - An April Fool that makes sense | (Sunday) | on forum | sewweb sewweb |
| National Senior Railcard introduced | (Tuesday) | 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 |
| 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 |
18th March | |||
| Naming of "Evening Star" | (Friday) | 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) | ||
| Great Marlow renamed to Marlow | (Thursday) | ||
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 | |
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