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NETWATCH
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: The Deltic Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9flZ2foMI
(Martin Miller)
A Journey by train on the AKN Eisenbahn: Neumünster, Kaltenkirchen,
Eidelstedt and Hamburg Hbf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyguGQ-WvRQ
(Andrew Cook)
Avro Lancaster over Cheadle Carnival 2/7/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYj6D_1Pgd8
(Barry Knapper)
Space weather affecting signalling
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/space-weather-will-delay-your-trains
Eastleigh-Fareham rail line closed for earth works stabilisation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61949368
Free multi trip tickets on RENFE services in Spain
https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-28-of-2022/
Aer Lingus Regional to start 2 new routes from Belfast
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0627/1307064-aer-lingus-regional/
PS Waverley South coast dates in September
https://waverleyexcursions.co.uk/
Rushcombe steam bicycle
https://youtu.be/yvS8wtnNQz4
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022: Introducing the finalists
https://tinyurl.com/24lp95q4
Go to Derby: see how a museum can help shape a better future
https://tinyurl.com/298fwbxj
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Rail Cart ride on abandoned Eagle Mountain Railroad in Southern California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2LHcsi_D5w
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Tokyo hotel has installed a Shinkansen simulator at its lobby
https://tinyurl.com/y9ej24ka
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess - Looking Back 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heJ-wflDzfw
The Japanese Railway Station That Looks Like A Train!
https://tokyofox.net/2020/05/09/the-japanese-railway-station-that-looks-like-a-train/
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IN THE NEWS
Rail strike: New walkout to take place on 27th July
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62154070
Rail workers to strike for another two days in August
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62173334
Charge while you travel with new electric vehicle charging points at
Network Rail stations
https://tinyurl.com/26pv63f8
Short list of locations for GBR headquarters released
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62047964
What's It Like Riding The Elizabeth Line With A Wheelchair?
https://londonist.com/london/transport/elizabeth-line-accessibility-wheelchair-review
Around 200,000 journeys each day in the new Elizabeth line tunnels
https://tinyurl.com/28oo4ujh
Barking Riverside to open 18th July
https://tinyurl.com/2cd7yn6w
140-year-old Oxted Viaduct receives £10.5m infrastructure upgrades
https://tinyurl.com/24rqk89x
Brighton Main Line speed restrictions lifted at Haywards Heath and
Balcombe after landslide repairs
https://tinyurl.com/28dz3b54
Bridge bash at Ashurst blocks Uckfield branch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-62136761
Body worn security cameras to be worn by SWR station staff
https://tinyurl.com/2yrj7k6e
Southampton underground line proposed by transport planners
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62037482
Dartmoor Line wins national Rail Innovation Award
https://communityrail.org.uk/dartmoor-line-wins-national-rail-innovation-award/
ECML resignalling announcement
https://tinyurl.com/267dn7eo
New bridge to replace Kings Dyke level crossing near Peterborough
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-62106250
Last chance to ride Greater Anglia’s old Class 317 trains
https://tinyurl.com/2aekb9uw
Fire at Northampton Far Cotton Network Rail depot
https://tinyurl.com/23qhv3yd
Story behind closed Derby railway station used just four times
https://tinyurl.com/25fh4j5t
Plaque unveiled to commemorate Crewe Works’ narrow-gauge railway
https://tinyurl.com/24caczw6
First electrified rail in Yorkshire for 25 years
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/first-electrified-rail-yorkshire-25-years
Campaigners lose battle to save 'unique' Victorian timber canopy over
railway footbridge in Beverley
https://tinyurl.com/2829ckzp
Merseyrail guards jobs secured
https://tinyurl.com/282dpkqw
DfT block new line to Skelmersdale
https://tinyurl.com/256oyvut
Suspect package causes closure of Blackpool North
https://tinyurl.com/23as88w5
Electrification funding for Scotland
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/network-rail-scottish-railway-electrification/
Full ScotRail timetable to return by Edinburgh festivals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62135411
Approval given for Forth Bridge tourist centre
https://tinyurl.com/22p272j5
ScotRail reminds golf fans to consider alternative travel during The Open
https://tinyurl.com/23s96oxo
All crossings will close when Fife rail line reopens
https://tinyurl.com/2cxpkux7
Driver stops train to help as two people rescued from the Clyde
https://tinyurl.com/2c6kul23
Work begins on £5m redevelopment at Stirling station
https://tinyurl.com/223wky4x
Fund raising to restore Royal Arsenal railway loco
https://tinyurl.com/24454fjb
Unique Derby home built from train carriages sells at auction
https://tinyurl.com/27jv63uu
Great Central Railway closing due to high temperatures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62167985
Severn Valley Railway switch to diesels due to fire risk
https://tinyurl.com/25po7dz2
35018 British India Line failed at Bentham
https://tinyurl.com/233yzlnp
The Railway Children sequel gets premiere at Oakworth station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62014506
Vandalism at Bo'ness
https://news.stv.tv/?p=250765
Downpatrick and County Down to reopen
https://tinyurl.com/2b8y2qkq
Plans for Dublin's MetroLink to be lodged in September
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0705/1308536-metro-link/
Interrail restrictions in Southern France
https://tinyurl.com/29a4q94w
Swiss Railways revising Rail 2050 to meet climate change objectives
https://tinyurl.com/2bqkamt8
Orion class stock unveiled for Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
https://tinyurl.com/23gkknxc
Portuguese coastal route upgrade started
https://tinyurl.com/29zdqy8j
Agreement for gas fuelled locos in Argentina
https://tinyurl.com/27q2xw8j
Rapid Transit scheme for Wellington
https://tinyurl.com/24epnkcs
Steam railtours cancelled in France due to fuel costs (141R840 is an oil
burner)
https://www.141r840.com/suspension-circulations-trains-historiques-ete-automne-2022/
Hornby Press Release: Trains on Film
https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/news/press-release-trains-film
Metro gets a state-of-the-art simulator to prepare drivers for the new
trains
https://tinyurl.com/2amaao4e
Largest concrete pour to date signals progress milestone for Edinburgh Trams
https://www.insider.co.uk/news/largest-concrete-pour-date-signals-27467674
New Osaka station to get world's first adjustable platform doors
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220628_14/
Talks over capped bus fares in Norfolk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-62137240
Birmingham bus that survived the Blitz restored for £500,000
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62052718
High Peak bus route to be subsidised
https://tinyurl.com/223hbd3d
Dramatic aqueduct will bring 45-mile Derbyshire canal route step closer
https://tinyurl.com/2h675chu
Cheshire canal closures in force as water supplies drop to 'historically
low levels'
https://tinyurl.com/23h5s2ta
Torpoint Ferry Down to two vessels after chain snaps
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyxnv1w1kk5o
Hythe Ferry service hit by thefts and vandalism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62038354
Southampton-Cowes Red Funnel ferry staff to go on strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62118880
Southampton-Cowes ferry: New timetable ahead of strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62160371
'Catastrophic failures' to blame for CALMAC ferries saga
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61994780
Cost of repairing Scotland's ferry fleet soars to more than £200m
https://news.stv.tv/?p=252868
London City airport seeks end to Saturday flight ban
https://tinyurl.com/26q47qwp
Alderney runway to be extended
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-62036224
AAIB report into battery aircraft crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-62086128
Doncaster Sheffield Airport could permanently close, bosses say in shock
announcement
https://tinyurl.com/29k2dyhw
Staff shortages at Ronaldsway cause cancellations and delays
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-62123341
NHS trials using drones to deliver chemotherapy drugs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62044754
The Return Of The Airbus A380
https://simpleflying.com/in-data-the-return-of-the-airbus-a380/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Mike
Price, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
16/07/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
16/07/22 Yesterday 1600-1900
"Steam Train Britain"
16/07/22 Yesterday 1900-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
17/07/22 Yesterday 1200-1600
"Steam Train Britain"
17/07/22 Yesterday 2310-0010
"Hornby: A Model World"
18/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Spain
18/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Burlington to Pittsburgh
18/07/22 BBC4 1930-1950
"Coast" A railway in County Wicklow
18/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys"
19/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Russia
19/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Montreal, Quebec
19/07/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Italy
19/07/22 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Abandoned Engineering" A railway station in the Pyrenees
20/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Italy
20/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Montreal to Ottawa
21/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Poland
21/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Ontario
21/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
22/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Iberia
22/07/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Queensland
22/07/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
22/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
15/07/22- Epping Ongar Railway: Real Ale Weekend
17/07/22
https://www.eorailway.co.uk/
15/07/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Diesel Gala
17/07/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
16/07/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
16/07/22 St Pancras water tower open day
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2022/07/16/st-pancras-water-tower-open-day-299903
17/07/22 Gainsborough Model Railway Society: Open Day
The Clubrooms, Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 1BE
1330 to 1730 (last admission 1630)
http://gainsboroughmodelrailway.co.uk/
18/07/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
CR Butterfield from the Oxford Bus Museum
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
23/07/22- Spa Valley Railway: Buffalo Jill's Wild West Train Ride
24/07/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
23/07/22- Churnet Valley Railway: Staffordshire Beer Train
25/07/22
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
27/07/22- Isle of Man Railways: Summer Transport Festival
31/07/22
https://www.rail.im
29/07/22- Bluebell Railway: Terrier Gala
31/07/22
https://www.bluebell-railway.com
29/07/22- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Diesel Gala
31/07/22
https://www.gwsr.com
30/07/22- Dacorum Steam & Country Fayre, Hemel Hempstead
31/07/22
https://www.dacorummachineryandsteam.co.uk
01/08/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"An Evening with Ted Parker, Professional Video Producer &
Railway Artist", Ted Parker
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
Cheers, Howard.
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