Crossword

WELCOME to the RAIL Crossword. Sadly, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we are currently unable to offer crossword prizes for the foreseeable future, but we will endeavour to continue to keep producing crosswords for every issue, and invite all our solvers to just play along for fun. Keep solving, stay with us and stay safe.

Clues Across

1 Stays silent about EMT - or a version thereof (6)

5 Say hello to Railway Engine Driver - he’s employed (5)

8 Vessel observed from Cowes railway station every August until the 1960s (5)

9 and 8 Down Pulling apart spun thread - that will make for an exciting story (7, 4) 10 See 18 Down

11 Brazen single has hidden meaning (8) 13 See the latest news on pages 26-29? (5)

14 Period of time for which a season ticket can be purchased (5)

19 Derbyshire station managed by East Midlands Railway (8)

21 The Association of Railroad Engineers of America meets in a specific location (4) 23 Formerly very large specimen! (7)

24 Ali leaves Alliance - that just leaves him (5)

25 Introduce technology into essential swimming device. It will be compatible (3, 2) 26 Office worker keys in codes for Tyseley and Pitlochry, more or less in order? (6)

Clues Down

2 and 7 Down Shadow Transport Secretary from November 2014 to September 2015 (7, 6)

3 Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (1, 1, 1, 1)

4 Operator of CrossCountry trains (6) 5 Excessive molecule produced

Romanian electric train (8)

6 Animal’s South West rail trip takes in station stops at Redruth, Hayle, Ivybridge, Newcourt and Okehampton initially (5) 7 See 2 Down

8 See 9 Across

12 Name applied to Class 86, in Daily

Express competition to celebrate International Year of the Child in 1979

(5, 3)

15 See 16 Down 16 and 15 Down NRE? Go home fast, perhaps, to watch dragons and battles on hit TV show (4, 2, 7)

17 Gate or Hill on a London railway station map (6)

18 and 10 Across Manchester Metrolink stop where Hans Christian Andersen may have lived? (4, 4)

20 A sumptuous repast enjoyed during Canary Wharf-East India journey (5)

22 When a wheel is turning, but the train isn’t moving forward (4)