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There has been a major signalling outage at Busby Junction near Pollockshaws West that has essentially crippled services between Glasgow and East Kilbride, Barrhead, Kilmarnock and Carlisle since the start of service. Things do not seem to be improving with NRES now reporting that disruption is...

http://www.scotrail.co.uk/electronic_cigarettes

Thursday 16th May 9PM BBC2 (Friday 17th May in Scotland)

I noticed this morning as my train pulled into Kirknewton station over the level crossing that the signal for the other line was showing caution. I was slightly surprised to see the crossing barriers lift and traffic start crossing even though the signal continued to show caution. I had...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22013232 Not sure how this is any advance on what we have had for a few years.

There has been a person hit by a train between Insch and Inverurie, no further details at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21923690

Does anyone know what caused the cancellations, short formations and late running on the Shotts line this morning? Scotrail were unusually (even for them) reluctant to explain what was going on or why.

Snow and ice is currently causing persistent signalling and points failures in Central Scotland. Current problems include: Signalling failure at Motherwell Points failure between Slateford and Haymarket affecting the WCML into edib Train failure between Airdrie and Bathgate. There have also...

From the ORR: http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.11118

I cannot find anything on their website for this yet :

Starting next Wednesday (Dec 5th 2012) at 9PM on Channel 5: http://www.channel5.com/shows/chris-tarrant-extreme-railways

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20296195 No doubt it will go the same way as the full electrification or EARL/GARL, but you cannot fault them for having aspirations.

Tomorrow (Sunday) at 8PM on BBC 2 In a 2 part series Evan Davis looks at some 21st Engineering Challenges, including the Forth Bridge and Crossrail.

The RAIB have released their report into lat years derailment in Princes St Gardens in Edinburgh. http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120830_R182012_Princes_St_Gardens.pdf Not happy reading for NR.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19162463

Hi, Hopefully this should be an easy question. I have a season ticket between Edinburgh (EDB) and West Calder (WCL) the stopping services on this line all stop at Kirknewton Station (KKN), and I know I can use my ticket for travel between intermediate stations. This week I plan to get the...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18549048. Yeah and how is it going to be enforced?

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/sac7b3e2eb454b28beb1318259576ac4/details.html Sounds pretty nasty, looking at NRE there seem to be a lot of trains that are showing as report overdue at the moment. Thankfully I am at home this morning waiting for the boiler repair man...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/2012/04/03/new-stations-and-upgrades-planned-under-30m-scottish-rail-investment-86908-23811697/

Yet again some enthusiasts get carried away and give everyone a bad name: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17562658