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I doubt this decision by the Scot Gov will be much of a surprise to many folk on this forum. https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/re-opening-rail-line-to-st-andrews-rejected-by-scottish-government-5351843 (non-paywall link: https://archive.is/oZ6Ts)

For those who may have missed this, back in 2008 Ian Hislop made a programme for BBC Four looking back at the legacy of the Beeching Report. It was recently shown again and is available on the BBC iPlayer for the next 11 months. I'm guessing this is part of marking the Railway 200...

For those who are interested in collecting coins, I suspect that you're already aware the Royal Mint have a coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway in their 2025 annual set. But for those who aren't here's a link to the collection...

Hopefully this helps a little bit in mobile phone reception on this part of the ECML. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/09/lner-further-improves-4g-mobile-and-wifi-coverage-on-east-coast-main-line.html

There's an article marking the 10th anniversary to the day that the line was opened to passengers. It doesn't feel that long ago, but "time flies" I guess. The impression I have is that the line has been a success, or in some cases from reading the article a victim of its own success with...

I did a quick search and it doesn't look like this has been posted.

Network Rail are restarting work on the 2nd phase of the Glasgow Queen Street Station development. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-and-blocwork-announce-new-vision-for-glasgow-queen-street-station-development

Plan for a new entrance at Edinburgh Gateway station as part of the development of the former SAICA Pack site. Full planning application documents are available here: https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=T03M8SEWH0W00

An exhibition as part of Railway 200 which I thought would be of interest some members that can get to Edinburgh this month. https://railway200.co.uk/activity/scots-on-the-move-railways-and-tourism-in-victorian-scotland/ About the event or activity...

At least he had it on a lead! :lol: Man spotted taking sheep on train https://news.stv.tv/west-central/man-spotted-taking-sheep-on-scotrail-train

Just as a bit of fun, if money was no object and there were no considerations for conservation (much like the Victorians in their era :lol:), how and where would you go about replacing Central and Queen Street with one major hub station for central Glasgow, that would link up the South West and...

In hindsight was selling off British Transport Hotels a mistake, in a financial sense? I wonder if the properties had been held on by British Rail and the management side of things had been privatised or a contract with one of the large hotel company's to lease and operate the hotels under their...

Would there be any benefit of reinstating the 2nd platform at North Berwick in terms of being able to stable an additional train there and freeing up space at Waverley or would the benefits be marginal that it wouldn't be worth the cost? While on the subject of North Berwick, is there much...

I have to say that when I travelled with them a couple of years ago after 1 year of operation, I already noticed the state of the seats were already looking bad with worn out fabric, missing caps that covered the screws for the armrests that connected with the rest of the seat etc. I recently...

Given that ferries are unlikely to dock at Stranraer anytime in the years ahead, and given the current remote location of the station in relation to the town, would relocating the station to roughly where the former Stranraer Town station used to be viable? I don't know about the land...

Is a railway station at Parkhead viable or unrealistic? https://news.stv.tv/west-central/action-plan-for-parkhead-amid-hope-of-new-train-station

According to this piece by Mark Ruskell - The Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Network Rail were close to putting in applications to open stations at Clackmannan and Kincardine, when Talgo were planning on opening a new factory at the former site of Longannet Power Station (which...

Just a fleeting mention in this article in The Herald about the Levenmouth railway saying that it would be possible to extend it further! Isn't pretty much impossible to do that unless you demolish a lot of homes that have been built on the former alignment in Leven or demolish the swimming pool...

Press release from Scottish Borders Council regarding the extension of the Borders Railway. https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/news/article/4740/extension-to-borders-railway-back-on-track Extension to Borders Railway back on track

The Herald have recently done a series of articles about Scotland's Railways and published an article by rail engineer and YouTuber Gareth Dennis with his view on where new rail lines in Scotland could/should be in the future...