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Elliot Junction rail accident kills 22 and injures 24
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28th December
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The Tay Bridge disaster
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Glasgow Subway runs its first services
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14th December
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Castlecary rail crash kills 35
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10th December
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Edinburgh station roof collapses
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6th December
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Inverythan rail accident kills eight
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27th November
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Edinburgh Waverley Station granted Grade A listing
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12th November
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Tay Bridge designer dies of anxiety
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30th October
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Five killed as stalled train and express collide
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22nd October
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The Balmoral Hotel opens for business
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15th October
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Trains collide at Glasgow Queen Street station
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12th October
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Kirtlebridge rail crash kills 12
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2nd October
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First section of the Caledonian Main Line opens
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10th September
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Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
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11th August
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Trains start running to Fort William
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7th August
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Glasgow Central Station receives its first trains
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1st August
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The Caledonian Railway is founded
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31st July
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Passengers killed when train hits a cow
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30th July
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Commuter trains crash at Newton
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21st July
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Train crash demolishes Largs railway station
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11th July
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Landslide derails train at Falls of Crachan
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6th June
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Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
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26th May
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Hundreds killed in the Quintinshill rail disaster
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22nd May
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Seven killed in the Paisley Rail Crash
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16th April
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Princes Street Station’s foundation stone laid
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9th April
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Penmanshiel rail tunnel collapses
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17th March
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Two commuter trains crash in Glasgow
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6th March
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Caledonian Sleeper carries its first passengers
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24th February
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Bo’ness rail crash kills 16 and injures 28
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27th January
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Trains make trial crossings of the Forth Rail Bridge
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21st January
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Railway engineer James Carswell dies
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20th January
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Freight train derails at Carrbridge
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4th January
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British Railways’ Scottish Region is created
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1st January
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