History of RAGES – 2005

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Date	Event	Further information
20 January 2005	East Lothian and Scottish Borders Councils announce remaining 50% funding for STAG 1 for the local rail service from Edinburgh to Berwick	Report in The Rages Rag issue 24
January 2005	Fuller details about devolution of railways to Scottish Executive	Report in The Rages Rag issue 24
February 2005	GNER and Virgin CrossCountry announced an improved timetable for Dunbar starting in June	Report in The Rages Rag issue 25
2 March 2005	First ScotRail held a forum in North Berwick	Report in The Rages Rag issue 25
1 May 2005	GNER starts a new seven-year franchise for the ECML	Report in The Rages Rag issue 25
12 June 2005	Virgin CrossCountry stop at Dunbar for the first time	Report in The Rages Rag issue 26
July 2005	New GB-wide Rail Passenger Council to be formed. James King to be its Scottish member	Report in The Rages Rag issue 26
July 2005	New bus services to offer connections at Drem and North Berwick stations	Report in The Rages Rag issue 26
July 2005	The old class 322 EMUs are seen back in Scotland – speculation about their return to North Berwick	Report in The Rages Rag issue 26
July 2005	RAGES writes to the Haddington and District Community Council to arrange a meeting to progress the re-opening of the Haddington rail branch
July 2005	National Audit Office publish survey of Britain’s stations	Report in The Rages Rag issue 27
August 2005	Class 322 EMUs replace the temporary ex-Virgin units
27 September 2005	RAGES 6th Annual General Meeting held in East Linton, with Gordon Dewar of First ScotRail as guest speaker	Report in The Rages Rag issue 27
November 2005	STAG1 report on the local rail service from Edinburgh to Berwick is published	Report in The Rages Rag issue 28
December 2005	RAGES responds to a Scottish Executive Consultation	Report in The Rages Rag issue 28

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