Chingford: Soon to be turning Orange. Image by Sunil060902

UK Rail

• Good news, the bank holiday rail strikes have been called off!
• Not to worry, London Underground might go on strike instead.
• King’s Cross had to be evacuated on Friday.
• New stuff has opened this week on the National Rail network including this station at Ebbw Vale…
• …as well as the The Todmorden Curve.
• TfL have also released a brand new tube map showing us what the Overground take over of the Lea Valley Lines will look like. It’s a total mess.
• …you can read the history of the routes on London Reconnections.
• Speaking of The Overground, did you know it has a secret station? Find out in this video from The Londonist.
• Remember how Southern altered their time table to stop the problem of their ‘never-on-time‘ train? They might have a lot more work still to do...
• The unsung role of The Southern Railway during Operation Dynamo.
• The 1905 Quintinshill Disaster is remembered in Scotland.
• Another blow for heritage safety records as a Class 37 goes run-away at the Great Central Railway.
• Proposed Leicester Railway Museum gets Lottery Grant.
• Do you want to see a 3D scan of London’s Mail Rail? Of course you do.

World Rail

• Why US train drivers are called Engineers.
• France’s SNCF have been given permission to take full control of the Eurostar brand.

From the CAS Team

• Accrington Station: From Triangles to Tesco.
• Langstead Junction up for sale!
• Grangemouth Ineos to Sinfin Sidings:

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter