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5th February | |||
| Closure - Alton to Fareham | (Saturday) | on forum | |
 Foundation meeting, heritage railway to Minehead | (Friday) | on forum | mineheadraillin... wikipedia |
4th February | |||
 Dawlish Washout | (Tuesday) | on forum | forum |
 South West Trains franchise starts | (Sunday) | on forum | stagecoachgroup |
| Great Western Intercity franchise commences | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia wikipedia |
 Newquay to Chacewater line closes | (Monday) | on forum | |
 Newquay to Chacewater line opens | (Saturday) | on forum | |
3rd February | |||
 First Ghan passenger train reached Darwin | (Tuesday) | on forum | northernterritory wikipedia |
2nd February | |||
 Children under 5 occupying seats | (Thursday) | on forum | |
1st February | |||
 Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
31st January | |||
 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer, 133 die | (Saturday) | on forum | historic-uk belfasttelegraph wikipedia bbc |
30th January | |||
 Great Western Railway Temperance Union | (Thursday) | on forum | turniprail wikipedia |
29th January | |||
 "Western Fusilier" rail tour - Paddington to Hereford | (Saturday) | on forum | sixbellsjunction wikimedia |
 Holborn Viaduct station closes | (Monday) | on forum | disused-stations |
28th January | |||
 First posts on the Coffee Shop forum | (Sunday) | on forum | forum |
27th January | |||
 Torbay Tramway closed because of snow | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia tramwayinfo |
26th January | |||
 firstgreatwestern.info domain registered | (Friday) | on forum | forum |
25th January | |||
 FGW announces link with Singapore Airlines | (Saturday) | on forum | futuretravelexp... |
24th January | |||
 More Train Less Strain call on Ruth Kelly to remove franchise from FGW | (Thursday) | on forum | forum dailymail |
| Hansard on First Great Western | (Wednesday) | on forum | parliament |
23rd January | |||
| Start of 6 weeks of snowfall | (Thursday) | on forum | metoffice wikipedia |
22nd January | |||
| Sailpowered Rail | (Friday) | on forum | douglas-self wikipedia |
| Amtrak New York to Tampa ends | (Sunday) | ||
| Famous Train Royal Mail stamps | (Tuesday) | on forum | collectgbstamps |
| Initial meeting - Women in Community Rail | (Friday) | on forum | wicr |
21st January | |||
| Early reference to Go-Co | (Friday) | on forum | forum paulgosling |
20th January | |||
| Opening of Yeovil Pen Mill - Weymouth line | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
19th January | |||
| Heathrow Junction Station opens and receives first train | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia ianvisits |
| Trend to bring back barriers is damaging the customer experience | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia yorkpress news |
18th January | |||
| Closure Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
17th January | |||
| ~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train | (Wednesday) | on forum | bridgestone |
16th January | |||
| Winter of discontent - 24 hour rail strike | (Tuesday) | on forum | libcom wikipedia |
15th January | |||
| RoSCo Eversholt changes hands | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia eversholtrail |
14th January | |||
| Strategic Rail Authority unveils 10 year plan | (Monday) | on forum | theguardian |
13th January | |||
| Groupsaves on Ticket Machines | (Friday) | on forum | travel forum |
12th January | |||
| A quiet day in previous years | (Monday) | on forum | |
11th January | |||
| TVM - a fair weather facility? | (Wednesday) | on forum | forum |
10th January | |||
| Defibrillators discussion pack published by Network Rail | (Tuesday) | on forum | networkrail theargus |
| Metropolitain line opened from Paddington | (Saturday) | on forum | gov ltmuseum |
9th January | |||
| Incorporation of Railway Development Society Ltd (now Railfuture) | (Friday) | on forum | railwaydevelopm... railfuture |
8th January | |||
| Cannon Street buffer stop collision | (Tuesday) | on forum | wikipedia |
7th January | |||
| Closure of Upwey Wishing Well Halt | (Monday) | on forum | opcdorset dorsetecho |
6th January | |||
| Hixon Railway accident | (Saturday) | on forum | railwaysarchive forum wikipedia |
5th January | |||
| Last service - Swansea and Mumbles Tramway | (Tuesday) | on forum | walesonline |
4th January | |||
| Portishead (New) station opened | (Monday) | on forum | portisheadrailw... |
3rd January | |||
| Cheltenham (St James) station closes | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia |
2nd January | |||
| Formation of Railway Clearing House | (Sunday) | wikipedia | |
| Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services | (Saturday) | on forum | wikipedia |
1st January | |||
| Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS | (Monday) | on forum | wikipedia railwaysarchive |
| Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation | (Thursday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| Reading (Southern) electrified | (Sunday) | on forum | wikipedia |
| "Murder on the Orient Express" published | (Monday) | wikipedia | |
