RAILDATE - your free weekly guide to what's happening, what's new and
what's on
NETWATCH
Ljubljana Railway Station April 2022 - Freight and Passenger services
Classes 363, 541 and MUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSnvU3o2CE
(Andrew Cook)
Class 08993, cut down cab, at Burry Port in 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TFQX-45dnI
Cotswold Festival of Steam 2022 with 92203
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wh8jGcdlI
New for TfW. 197001 & 398001 Mock ups at Taffs Well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RN5MWDHyxA
Royal Trains Revisited. part 1, A Celebration of this Special Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetLqX9AyA0
26038 & 73118 at Barry 2012. Only a memory now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5NRvhCf-4o
69005 running at SVR Spring Diesel Gala 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKOefMfx0kk
(Mike Wilcock)
45596 Bahamas passing through Topley Pike 4/6/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e69BeDP4uc
(Barry Knapper)
A brief history of planning Crossrail
https://tinyurl.com/25dq837x
Wolferton Station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61567743
Odd facts about public transport in Vancouver
https://tinyurl.com/232fftcz
Behind the scenes at BBMF
https://tinyurl.com/2dbghtog
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam Locomotives At Speed #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4c4SmlV0-o
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, 'Cotswold Festival of Steam'
03-04/06/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwf2bNlDfSs
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 19B at Statfold Barn Railway - 30742
Charters - 07/06/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWjL94E2J3c
I enjoyed Hatton North Junction 30/05/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSEM6ZRqi4
Are your Model Railway workers glued to one spot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWze4rfy1tE
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours Tram Parade
2nd June 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESeEAOOnBDg
East Kirkby Military Vehicle and Airshow 02/06/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgTw19_Fso
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Yikes! But I think the car driver is okay
https://jnsforum.com/community/topic/19102-yikes-but-i-think-the-car-driver-is-okay/
Trip of a lifetime on remodelled Nanatsuboshi sleeper train
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14625685
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Flying Failures - Avro Tudor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXj8gKZCxk
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Interrail at 50: I took the train to Strasbourg, France
https://tinyurl.com/29elweu6
============
IN THE NEWS
Legislative changes for Williams-Shapps railway report
https://tinyurl.com/2btxgbz9
Railway workers to strike over three days in June
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61723515
https://tinyurl.com/22sk2pqn
Train drivers to join other rail workers on strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61743927
Rail managers could join strikes across network in Britain
https://tinyurl.com/22849bn5
Canary Wharf Visitors Rise by a Quarter on New Elizabeth Line
https://tinyurl.com/234bwsoo
Paddington Station’s new Elizabeth to Bakerloo line tunnel
https://tinyurl.com/263pk9uy
New Crossrail/Elizabeth line documentary is coming to BBC2
https://tinyurl.com/2686v9gz
ECTS Level 2 testing on Northern City line
https://tinyurl.com/2d5bveum
https://tinyurl.com/2xkc56sn
11-year-old settles 100-year-old railway debate at Weston shopping centre
https://tinyurl.com/26xym82n
Historic Torbay 'Whippet' train railway line could reopen to visitors
https://tinyurl.com/2d33zsk9
New £1.8m footbridge for Lostwithiel railway crossing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61704308
Near miss at Farnborough North LC
https://tinyurl.com/25pg2nrs
Trespasser causes severe rail disruption for partygoers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-61693183
Rail industry groups outraged as HS2 Golborne link quietly scrapped
https://tinyurl.com/2ywnxhmv
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-quietly-scrap-controversial-2bn-27167131
https://www.railjournal.com/policy/golborne-link-dropped-from-hs2-bill/
New railway station at Belford included in North East transport wish list
https://tinyurl.com/29qqmltp
ScotRail trains chaos set to end as union secures 5% pay deal
https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scotrail-trains-chaos-to-end-as-union-aslef-agrees-5-pay-deal
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/4395453/scotrail-aslef-deal-agreed/
600 jobs to be created in Lanarkshire if multi-billion pound green
freeport bid successful
https://tinyurl.com/25qacjou
New Transport for Wales trains to be stored in Barry Docks
https://news.tfw.wales/news/whats-occurring-trains-due-to-arrive-at-new-barry-yard
Churnet Valley reduces days of steam operation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-61690250
Severn Valley reduces steam operation due to coal shortage
https://tinyurl.com/243dkwk2
Mid Norfolk Railway extension
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/mid-norfolk-railway-plans-reopen-of-northern-line-9023946
Poole Park railway delayed again
https://tinyurl.com/27qt8doj
Irish Railways report a 'surge' in incidents at level crossings
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0609/1303814-level-crossings/
Call for 'swift' resumption of Eurostar service in Kent
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-61705120
Fatal train accident in Bavaria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61684048
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/04/german-train-crash-death-toll-rises
Germany introduces €9 monthly local public transport fare
http://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0601/1302509-germany/
TGV visits Czech Republic for promotion of High Speed Routes
https://tinyurl.com/25hradk2
AMTRAK allocates funds for track upgrades
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/amtrak-alllocates-northeast-corridor-upgrades/
Croydon tram crash: TfL to admit to failings over fatal derailment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61759073
New bus service on Jersey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2egprgn2no
Brunel’s PS Great Western to be recreated in working dry dock
https://tinyurl.com/2dy732gk
Refurbished Ferry Delivered to CalMac
https://www.marinelink.com/news/refurbished-ferry-delivered-calmac-497059
Cardiff to Anglesey flights cancelled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-61733850
Wizz Air boss sparks backlash over fatigue request
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61741139
Russia to start making bootleg Boeing and Airbus components
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/russia-to-start-making-bootlege-Boeing-airbus-parts/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
============
TV and RADIO
10/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
10/06/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Portugal
10/06/22 Channel 5 2100-2200
"British Planes that Won the War"
10/06/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
11/06/22 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
11/06/22 Quest 1700-1800
"How Trains Changed the World"
12/06/22 Yesterday 1200-1600
"Scouting for Toys"
12/06/22 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Inside the Elizabeth
Line" 1/2
12/06/22 Yesterday 2305-0005
"Secrets of the London Underground"
13/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways"
13/06/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys"
14/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways" Adelaide to Darwin
14/06/22 BBC4 1900-2000
"Great American Railroad Journeys" Boston
14/06/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Europe
15/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways" The Konkan Line
15/06/22 BBC4 1900-2000
"Great American Railroad Journeys" Boston to Concord
16/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways" The Burma-Siam Railway
16/06/22 BBC4 1900-2000
"Great American Railroad Journeys" Plymouth to Nantucket
16/06/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" New
16/06/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
17/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways" The Andes
17/06/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" The Neapolitan Line
17/06/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
============
EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
09/06/22- West Somerset Railway: Sixties Diesel Gala
11/06/22
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
10/06/22- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Heritage Diesel Gala
11/06/22
https://www.kwvr.co.uk
10/06/22- North Norfolk Railway: Mixed Traction Gala
12/06/22
https://www.nnrailway.co.uk
11/06/22- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Teddy Bear Specials
12/06/22
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
18/06/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
18/06/22 Gainsborough Model Railway Society: Open Day
The Clubrooms, Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 1BE
1330 to 1730 (last admission 1630)
http://gainsboroughmodelrailway.co.uk/
18/06/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: War on the Lines
19/06/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
18/06/22- Spa Valley Railway: Summer Steam Up
19/06/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
18/06/22- 2mm Scale Association Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
19/06/22 Derby Conference Centre, London Rd, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 8UX
http://www.2mm.org.uk/DJubilee/index.html
18/06/22- East Lancashire Railway: LYR/LNWR Merger Centenary
19/06/22
https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
19/06/22 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: HCVS Ridgeway Run
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
19/06/22 Nene Valley Railway: Fathers Day
http://www.nvr.org.uk
19/06/22 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Fathers Day
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
20/06/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Various Transport Photos" by Terry and Justin Foulger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
25/06/22- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Diesel Gala
26/06/22
https://avlr.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
editor(at)raildate.co.uk replace (at) with @
Raildate may be freely distributed without permission as long as no
changes whatsoever are made to the original document distributed by the
Editor
Raildate on Groups.io:
https://groups.io/g/raildate
Raildate Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/1464457607123111/
You must be a member of Facebook to join
The Railtube Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/railtube2/
Thanks to Peter Lewis for posting Raildate to his Facebook page, which
should be available to view even if you are not a member of Facebook
Issues of Raildate up to 18th December 2009 are archived at:
http://www.raildate.co.uk
This page includes a master catalogue of items that have appeared in
previous editions
(C) Howard Sprenger 2022