August 2010 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in August 2010.

Events

August 5

• – Replica Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 60 cm (1 ft 11½ in.) gauge 2-6-2T E190 Lyd for heritage railway first moves under its own steam at the Ffestiniog Railway’s Boston Lodge works in North Wales, making it the world’s only shop to have built steam locomotives in three centuries.^[1]

August 11

• – The European Commission approves the acquisition of British transportation company Arriva by the German railroad Deutsche Bahn.^[2]

August 13

• – A London Underground passenger train runs away and travels 4 miles (6.4 km) on the Underground's Northern line early in the morning, resulting in part of the Northern line, which carries 500,000 passengers daily, being closed for much of the day. Representatives from London Underground reported that an engineering train which was coupled to an out-of-service passenger train had been working on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line when it broke down at 5.25 a.m. BST (0425 UTC). The passenger train broke free near Archway station at 6.44 a.m. and started rolling southwards through six stations before it was finally brought to a halt by a slight incline in the track at Warren Street at 6.57 a.m.^[3][4][5]

August 17

• – A collision between a train and truck injures 21 people in Little Cornard, England.^[6]

References

1. "New replica steam locomotive unveiled in Ffestiniog". News North West Wales. BBC. August 9, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
2. "EC approves Arriva takeover". Rail Journal. August 11, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
3. Steve Rothwell and Francesca Angelini (August 13, 2010). "Runaway London Tube Train Careers for Four Miles Without Driver". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
4. "Runaway train on London Tube's Northern Line". BBC News. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
5. Gabbatt, Adam (August 13, 2010). "Runaway tube train prompts London Underground inquiry". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
6. "Suffolk train and lorry level crossing smash injures 21". BBC news Online. August 17, 2010. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.