Across

8   GWR Station Closed in 1970 (6)

9   This Viaduct carries the west coast line over the Esk Estuary (8)

10   Alternatively a Liverish Journey First Class by John Betjeman (8)

11   The Station after Great Bentley and before Thorpe-Le-Soken on the Sunshine Coast Line (6)

12   Sounds like the Railway Bridge that is Forever Painted (6)

13   Birthplace of George Turnbull b. 2 Sep 1809, Chief Engineer responsible for building the first Railway from Calcutta to Benares en route to Delhi (8)

14   See 10 across (7)

16   If you were travelling between Alvester and Kalmar you would expect that most crew and passengers were this (7)

20   HDF? (8)

23   The Konark Express is operated by _______ Railways (6)

25   A Closed Station between Inverness and Aviemore (6)

26   Midland and South Western Junction Railway Station between Chiseldon Camp Halt and Malborough; Closed in 1961 (8)

27   Nottingham Railway Station or even Sydney, Australia (8)

28   The failure to _____ the switch for mainline operations given as the cause of an Accident 6 Jan, 2005 at Graniteville, USA (6)

Down

1   "The engine picks her way, where ________ children, sunburnt brown, in dusty alleys play". Clickey Click by CY Warman (8)

2   This Winter Park is found on the California Zephyr Route (6)

3   Originally called New Mill End in 1860 this Station was found on the Branch Line between Hatfield and Dunstable. (5, 3)

4   An overnight Izmir to Ankara Express hits a truck here in April 2004 (7)

5   SKE beneath? (6)

6   Wake up to 70038 (8)

7   "I'm a Train" by ______ Hammond (6)

15   Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Station Closed in 1871 sound like an argument in a pasture (8)

17   South Shields, Marsden and ________ Colliery Railway (8)

18   "Of arches ________ a lake of mist we climb to Chelfham station", Little Train to Lynton by Horace Jay (8)

19   West Country Railway Company (7)

21   Scene of Egyptian Railway Accident 24 Oct 2009 in the Giza Area. (6)

22   Colnbrook or Poyle? (6)

24   This 1944 film "_______ Indemnity" with Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson featuring Glendale Train Station (6)