+ <strong>Click on a month: <a class="wiki" href="#September" rel="">September</a> / <a class="wiki" href="#October" rel="">October</a> / <a class="wiki" href="#November" rel="">November</a></strong><br />

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- until 31 August 2026. Monday. During this school holiday, and throughout the rest of the year, all across the UK and Ireland, enjoy your local heritage railway; 182 railways with over 1000 events a year to choose from! More info: UK & Ireland Heritage railways and Heritage Railway Association members, and Events.

- See also: Scenic Rail Britain and Great Scenic Journeys and Car-free journeys to great places and overnight stays with a difference!

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- 31 August 2026. Monday. Final copy date, only after earlier advance notice to editor, for articles and letters for the October no.189 issue of house magazine Railwatch.

+ <ul><li> September 2026 - <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.creditonhamlets-pc.gov.uk/FullCouncil.aspx" rel="external">Crediton Hamlets Parish Council</a> will consider <em>"Yeoford Station – Update from Cllr Cairney regarding proposed modernisation works."</em> at item 11 in the Agenda for their next meeting on Monday 7th.</li><li> November 2026 - autumn workshop of Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, in Barnstaple on Monday the 9th (national <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://tps.org.uk/events/tpday2026" rel="external">Transport Planning Day</a>).

+ <ul><li> September 2026 <a class="wiki" href="/display4422" rel="">online</a> or <a class="wiki" href="/dl4422" rel="">downloaded</a> (SERA is currently in abeyance - this is the Metro newsletter; it has branch wide dates and much of the content is relevant outside London)</li><li> June 2026 <a class="wiki" href="/display4372" rel="">online</a> or <a class="wiki" href="/dl4372" rel="">downloaded</a>

- <div class="table-responsive"><div id="wpfancytable2-div" class="ts-wrapperdiv"> <table class="table table-striped table-hover normal" id="wpfancytable2"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="18">London and South East</td> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.abfly.org.uk" rel="external">Abbey Flyer User's Group</a> (ABFLY)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.aptu.org.uk/" rel="external">Association of Public Transport Users</a> (APTU) (Thameslink North)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.bedfordcommuters.org.uk/" rel="external">Bedford Commuters' Association</a> (BCA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://friendsofbishopstonestation.org.uk/" rel="external">Bishopstone Station, Friends of</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.railusergroups.net/CHLFrug/index.html" rel="external">Cambridge Heath and London Fields Rail Users’ Group</a> (CHLFRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.hamsey.net/your-community/cooksbridge-station-partnership/" rel="external">Cooksbridge Station Partnership</a> (CSP)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>East Surrey Transport Committee (ESTC) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="king.charles" data-encode-domain="talktalk.net">king.charles at talktalk.net</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edenbridge &amp; District Rail Travellers’ Association (EDRTA) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="bob.howes271" data-encode-domain="btinternet.com">bob.howes271 at btinternet.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.hadleywood.org.uk/railway.html" rel="external">Hadley Wood Rail User Group</a> (HWRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://hatfieldrail.wixsite.com/hart" rel="external">Hatfield Association of Rail Travellers (HART)</a> - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="hatfield.rail" data-encode-domain="gmail.com">hatfield.rail at gmail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.mlag.org.uk/" rel="external">Marsh Link Action Group</a> (MLAG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marylebone Travellers' Association (MTA) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="nick.leake" data-encode-domain="btinternet.com">nick.leake at btinternet.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ore Transport Group (OTG) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="trevor.d2016" data-encode-domain="outlook.com">trevor.d2016 at outlook.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://pawrug.home.blog/" rel="external">Plumstead Rail Users' Group</a> (PRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.rrdrua.org.uk/" rel="external">Reigate, Redhill &amp; District Rail Users Association</a> (RRDRUA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://srta.org.uk/" rel="external">Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association</a> (SRTA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://tonbridgecommuters.org.uk/cms/" rel="external">Tonbridge Line Commuters</a> (TLC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Watford Rail Users’ Group (WRUG) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="wrug2" data-encode-domain="hotmail.co.uk">wrug2 at hotmail.co.uk</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div></div><br />

+ <div class="table-responsive"><div id="wpfancytable1-div" class="ts-wrapperdiv"> <table class="table table-striped table-hover normal" id="wpfancytable1"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="18">London and South East</td> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.abfly.org.uk" rel="external">Abbey Flyer User's Group</a> (ABFLY)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.aptu.org.uk/" rel="external">Association of Public Transport Users</a> (APTU) (Thameslink North)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.bedfordcommuters.org.uk/" rel="external">Bedford Commuters' Association</a> (BCA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://friendsofbishopstonestation.org.uk/" rel="external">Bishopstone Station, Friends of</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.railusergroups.net/CHLFrug/index.html" rel="external">Cambridge Heath and London Fields Rail Users’ Group</a> (CHLFRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.hamsey.net/your-community/cooksbridge-station-partnership/" rel="external">Cooksbridge Station Partnership</a> (CSP)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>East Surrey Transport Committee (ESTC) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="king.charles" data-encode-domain="talktalk.net">king.charles at talktalk.net</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edenbridge &amp; District Rail Travellers’ Association (EDRTA) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="bob.howes271" data-encode-domain="btinternet.com">bob.howes271 at btinternet.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.hadleywood.org.uk/railway.html" rel="external">Hadley Wood Rail User Group</a> (HWRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://hatfieldrail.wixsite.com/hart" rel="external">Hatfield Association of Rail Travellers (HART)</a> - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="hatfield.rail" data-encode-domain="gmail.com">hatfield.rail at gmail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.mlag.org.uk/" rel="external">Marsh Link Action Group</a> (MLAG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marylebone Travellers' Association (MTA) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="nick.leake" data-encode-domain="btinternet.com">nick.leake at btinternet.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ore Transport Group (OTG) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="trevor.d2016" data-encode-domain="outlook.com">trevor.d2016 at outlook.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://pawrug.home.blog/" rel="external">Plumstead Rail Users' Group</a> (PRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.rrdrua.org.uk/" rel="external">Reigate, Redhill &amp; District Rail Users Association</a> (RRDRUA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://srta.org.uk/" rel="external">Sevenoaks Rail Travellers Association</a> (SRTA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://tonbridgecommuters.org.uk/cms/" rel="external">Tonbridge Line Commuters</a> (TLC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Watford Rail Users’ Group (WRUG) - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="wrug2" data-encode-domain="hotmail.co.uk">wrug2 at hotmail.co.uk</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div></div><br />

+ <ul><li> September 2026 <a class="wiki" href="/display4422" rel="">read</a> (or <a class="wiki" href="/dl4422" rel="">download</a>)</li><li> June 2026 <a class="wiki" href="/display4389" rel="">read</a> (or <a class="wiki" href="/dl4389" rel="">download</a>)

+ <ul><li> August - <em>"Devon rail campaigns gain support from new partners"</em> reports the <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/26506166.devon-rail-campaigns-gain-support-new-partners/" rel="external">Midweek Herald</a>, on the 28th. Roger Blake, Acting Convener of the Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, welcomes an additional stakeholder member for the Railfuture-instigated Alliance, the Devon Association of Local Councils, while Railfuture's chair of its Devon & Cornwall regional branch Tim Steer welcomes a new Teignbridge-based affiliated member for Railfuture.</li><li> August - regional branch chair of Railfuture Devon and Cornwall, Tim Steer, made a brief oral presentation to <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.bideford-tc.gov.uk/your-council/committees-meetings-agenda/" rel="external">Bideford Town Council's meeting</a> on the 27th, and afterwards shared the <a class="wiki" href="/display4421" rel="">£10k cheque from Railfuture's Fighting Fund</a> to help towards the costs of a Strategic Outline Business Case for the modernisation of the North Devon Line.

+ <strong>28th August - <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/26506166.devon-rail-campaigns-gain-support-new-partners/" rel="external">Midweek Herald</a></strong><br />

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- 28 August 2026. Friday. Close of Midlands Rail Hub Alliance's first pre-TWAO consultation on early proposals for enhancements from Birmingham Moor Street station to Bordesley in central Birmingham.

+ <div class="table-responsive"><div id="wpfancytable3-div" class="ts-wrapperdiv"> <table class="table table-striped table-hover normal" id="wpfancytable3"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="18">Devon &amp; Cornwall</td> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/950297745918116/" rel="external">ACE Rail campaign - Facebook</a> absorbed by Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance, below (see also <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.bidefordrailway.co.uk/ace-rail/" rel="external">BRHC Ace Rail</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.teignrail.co.uk/index.php" rel="external">Ashburton RUG</a> (contact via Exeter &amp; Teign Valley Railway)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.avocetline.org.uk/" rel="external">Avocet Line RUG</a> (ALRUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="http://www.combe-rail.org.uk/" rel="external">Combe Rail</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://connectbude.co.uk/" rel="external">Connect Bude</a> - also <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/ConnectBude" rel="external">Facebook</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.dartmoor-railway-association.org/" rel="external">Dartmoor Railway Association</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.teignrail.co.uk/index.php" rel="external">Exeter &amp; Teign Valley Railway</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://heathfieldrail.org/" rel="external">Heathfield Rail Link Association</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://pl21transition.org.uk/ivybridge-rail-users-group/" rel="external">Ivybridge Rail Users Group</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://launceston-tc.gov.uk/" rel="external">Launceston Town Council</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://ndlrpg.org/" rel="external">North Devon Line - Rail Promotion Group</a> (formerly Tarka Rail Association)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki" href="/display3947" rel="">Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance</a> - see <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Bideford-and-Barnstaple-to-Exeter" rel="external">Bideford and Barnstaple to Exeter</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://northernrouteworkinggroup.wordpress.com/" rel="external">Northern Route Working Group</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://okerail.org.uk/" rel="external">OkeRail</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/view/serug" rel="external">Salisbury-Exeter Rail Users Group</a> (SERUG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://tavyrail.2day.uk/" rel="external">TavyRail</a> (formerly <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://prg.2day.uk/" rel="external">Peninsula Rail Group</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Torbay RUG - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="buzzer12" data-encode-domain="btinternet.com">buzzer12 at btinternet.com</a> (Roger Dixon)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Totnes RUG - <a class="convert-mailto" href="mailto:nospam@example.com" data-encode-name="plagerson" data-encode-domain="bridgetown.eclipse.co.uk">plagerson at bridgetown.eclipse.co.uk</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div></div> and in Railfuture's Regional Lists of Rail User Groups, and Reopening Campaigns. The Regional List of RUGs, and the list of all RoCs, can be viewed, or downloaded in PDF format <a href="Rail-User-Groups" title="Rail User Groups" class="wiki wiki_page">here</a>.<br />

+ <ul><li> Saturday 26th September in person from 11:00 at St Paul's Church, Hatfield Road, St Albans, followed by a 'social' lunch.

+ <ul><li> Huddersfield to Leeds: Network Rail submitted a <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huddersfield-to-westtown-dewsbury-improvements-transport-and-works-act-order" rel="external">Transport and Works Act Order application</a> for electrification between Huddersfield and Leeds and four-tracking between Huddersfield and Dewsbury, which Railfuture supports because this section is the slowest, most difficult and most capacity constrained on the route. £401m initial funding was <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/401-million-investment-into-upgrades-to-deliver-brighter-rail-future" rel="external">announced</a> 26 May 2021, approved and work started in 2023.</li><li> Haymarket to Dalmeny: <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.railway-technology.com/news/scotland-fife-route-electrification-project/" rel="external">Construction of Fife route electrification</a> started June 2022.</li><li> Cardiff Valley lines. Transport for Wales is <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/south-wales-metro/work-progress" rel="external">is using some discontinuous electrification</a>.</li><li> Borders railway: <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://railbusinessdaily.com/first-signs-of-electrification-appear-on-borders-railway" rel="external">first signs of (discontinuous) electrification have appeared</a>.

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• Haymarket to Dalmeny, construction of Fife route electrification started June 2022.

- Transport for Wales is electrifying the Cardiff Valley Lines, using some discontinuous electrification.

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