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*** The next edition will be on Friday 7th January 2022
NETWATCH
A visit to Malden Manor station
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/lifestyle-opinion/i-went-londons-absolute-worst-22436415
Quiet stations in Sussex
https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/eerie-snaps-quietest-railway-stations-6343866
Visit to the preserved St Albans signal box
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/12/14/visit-a-restored-railway-signal-box-in-st-albans/
The decline of Stagecoach and First Group
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59664368
What happened to London Transport Bendy buses
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/what-happened-londons-bendy-buses-22409591
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Festive Fives! LMS 45231 & 44871 On Christmas Specials!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8v7sq7P2g
Afternoon at Grosmont MPD with 9F 92134, Q6 63395, Class 20s 'Choppers'
and shunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=japEMq-uBk4
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway - Santa Specials - 11/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1juCRhSVqI
45231 The Sherwood Forester Visits Chesterfield 8th December 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgfcCZACdX8
Dübs Crane Tank 4101 - Foxfield Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq5OHoxaWCI
Preserved Sentinel Steam Locomotives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96-E3PfA4sY
Transport Museum Twilight extravaganza 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI8GtoEz7go
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
How Sheffield's Victoria Station went from central role to closure
https://tinyurl.com/y64zaumx
Lost railway stations around Hull with rail changes on the horizon
https://tinyurl.com/y3aeyx2s
Moor Park, the tube station in a private estate
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/12/07/moor-park-the-tube-station-in-a-private-estate
A Tube Map of Alternative Roundels
https://londonist.com/london/maps/a-tube-map-of-alternative-roundels
Europe Is Undergoing a Sleeper Train Renaissance
https://tinyurl.com/y5tfwp2e
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Views of the Vale: Letcombe Valley (Pendon News)
https://vimeo.com/652793445
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
R4-D Engine Failure and Belly Landing Anchorage AK 8 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNHGUyEy3dM
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Victorian Society: 'At-risk' mill, market and department store
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59636858
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IN THE NEWS
Electrification plans blocked by HM Treasury
https://tinyurl.com/y5334d6o
Rail fares to increase by 3.8% in March
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/dec/17/rail-fares-increase-march-inflation
Fears of more ‘cultural vandalism’ of Victorian bridges in England and
Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/y3566ntz
Tesco Express: British Supermarket Turns To Rail To Deliver Christmas
https://tinyurl.com/y2am37nn
New Waterside Wanderer ticket makes days out easier in New Forest,
Hythe, and Waterside
https://tinyurl.com/y59dwrem
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/WWR.aspx
Havant council funding for footbridge at Warblington
https://tinyurl.com/msbue6m4
South Western Railway introduce more peak time Island Line services
https://tinyurl.com/y59f7sga
https://tinyurl.com/y6ppes4k
SWR customer service failings
https://tinyurl.com/y5to9b84
GWR’s December timetable changes reinstate half-hourly London to South
Wales services
https://tinyurl.com/yxu947go
Air quality at five Greater Anglia railway stations is being monitored
https://tinyurl.com/y22myjpj
Soham railway station welcomes first passengers in 56 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-59628145
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/mayor-opens-new-railway-station-for-soham
Ely railway bridge hit by van whose back is ripped off
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-59637297
More seats at weekend on East Midlands Railway services to meet demand
https://tinyurl.com/yy32wtda
Christmas railway work in Midlands and North-West planned to minimise
passenger disruption
https://tinyurl.com/yxkqzohh
Padgate station waiting room demolished
https://tinyurl.com/y6gcfyhn
Planning permission granted for Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby
https://tinyurl.com/yx8p9fv2
Christmas upgrade for railway track near York
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/12/christmas-upgrade-for-railway-track-near-york.html
Azuma arrives in Middlesbrough as LNER launches direct services to London
https://tinyurl.com/y337w76x
Plans revealed for brand new railway station in Preston
https://tinyurl.com/y2tbyoxn
Lancaster to Carlisle railway celebrated in pictures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-59648511
HS2: Prospects of three-hour Scotland-London train journeys fade
https://tinyurl.com/yyprtewq
ScotRail considering timetable cuts after 400 trains cancelled by Covid
staff absence
https://tinyurl.com/y2sr8ba4
Parliament unites over calls to reverse 'grave' move ditching
Lanarkshire rail improvements
https://tinyurl.com/y465y8gz
Fire at Stonehaven station
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fire-crews-battling-blaze-scots-25668714
Heavy goods vehicle full of potatoes crashes into railway bridge
https://news.stv.tv/?p=225034
Fife MSPs visit Levenmouth Rail link site
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/fife-msps-visit-levenmouth-rail-link-site
Protestors threaten to escalate action at Ben Alder crossing if deadline
is not met
https://tinyurl.com/y5z63fpz
Crosskeys to Newport service is first since 1962
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59578885
Heritage railway must track down coal from 3,000 miles away as Britain's
last mine is closed
https://tinyurl.com/y4yokbl9
Train derailed by tornado in Kentucky
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59620091
Bridge reconstruction at Tank Hill in Frazer Canyon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/51733972124/in/photostream/
Completion of Canadian Pacific purchase on Kansas City Southern
https://tinyurl.com/y3rryexz
TfL emergency funding extended by a week
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59616095
Glasgow Subway celebrates turning 125 with Buchanan Street party
https://tinyurl.com/y5qfvjrv
New DART carriages on track to enter service in 2025
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2021/1213/1266432-dart-carriages/
https://tinyurl.com/y6xjwgrm
Cairngorm funicular railway repairs halted for the winter season amid delays
https://tinyurl.com/4r9j6duz
Nexus help with trams line at Beamish
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=42820
Stagecoach and National Express agree to merge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59652889
CalMac ferry services cancelled as Covid pandemic hits crews
https://tinyurl.com/y6fx7nmh
Transport chiefs refuse to say if Rosyth-Europe ferry plans knocked off
course
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/2824203/rosyth-ferry/
UK ship's fatal collision off Sweden
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59633882
How easyJet Is Winning With Its Train Connections
https://simpleflying.com/easyjet-train-connections/
The New Zealand Airport With A Railway Across Its Runway
https://simpleflying.com/gisborne-airport-new-zealand/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO - your two-week guide
18/12/21 Yesterday 0900-1300
"Secrets of the Railways" 4 episodes
18/12/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Hornby: A Model World"
18/12/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
19/12/21 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber"
20/12/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"A Snowy Scenic Railway Journey" Finland
20/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
21/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
21/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
22/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
22/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
23/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
23/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
23/12/21 Quest 2300-0000
"How Do They Do It?" Includes building Underground carriages
24/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
24/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
25/12/21 More4 1955-2100
"The Plane That Saved Britain" The De Havilland Mosquito
25/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
25/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
26/12/21 Channel 4 1800-1900
"Britain's Scenic Railways at Christmas"
26/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
26/12/21 More4 2000-2100
"The Dambusters' Great Escape: Secret History"
26/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
26/12/21 More4 2100-2200
"The Lancaster Bomber at 80 with David Jason"
26/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
27/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
27/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
28/12/21 4seven 1900-2000
"Britain's Scenic Railways at Christmas"
28/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
28/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
28/12/21 Channel 4 2100-2330
"Murder on the Orient Express" 2017 version
28/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
29/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
29/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
29/12/21 BBC2 2100-2200
"Inside the Factory XL" JCB diggers
29/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
30/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
30/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
30/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
31/12/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
31/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
31/12/21 More4 2035-2140
"Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber"
31/12/21 4seven 2100-2315
"Murder on the Orient Express" 2017 version
31/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
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EVENTS
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31/12/21 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Goodbye to 2021
http://www.rlsr.org/
01/01/22 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Welcome to 2022
http://www.rlsr.org/
03/01/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"Memories of My Time On Steam (1955-1967)" by Dave Darwin
Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
£4 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
10/01/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"The Chandler's Ford Brick Industry" by Jim Beckett
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
11/01/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"A Broad Gauge Journey Part 3: Exeter to Penzance" by Brian Arman
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
17/01/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Over 60 Years of Railway Part 2: 1988-2022" by David Canning
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
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