An ambition to reopen a railway line axed in cuts 60 years ago has received a significant boost after being backed by the ...

Some consider him, alongside Kim Philby and Lord Haw Haw, as one of the worst Englishman of the 20th century, but it might be ...

It was an age which, for all its lack of sophistication, had a sense of hands-on fun which seems to be missing today.

Back in the 1960s (thanks to nationalisation) thousands of miles of railway tracks across Britain were ripped up and ...

In 1914, the British rail system rivalled any other. It boasted approximately 23,440 route miles, making it one of the ...

Rail journeys on the West Coast Main Line are now more reliable after a once-in-a-generation overhaul of the signalling ...

Gently tended by devoted staff, the railway station garden has become a rural idyll in its own right, says Andrew Martin.

An atmospheric steam and diesel ‘Winter Warm Up’ weekend is to be the first special event in the Swanage Railway’s special 50th anniversary year.

Network Rail, working alongside principal contractor Skanska UK, used some of the country's largest excavators to dismantle ...

Built in 1872, Fenchurch was one of the Terrier tank engines used on the Weston, Clevedon, and Portishead Light Railway.

From London’s Gothic revival masterpiece to Manhattan’s bustling meeting place, these hubs celebrate the romance of rail.

It lay on the main through line, enabling trains heading for Bournemouth and Weymouth from London or Brighton, to pass through without having to stop and go back in the same direction. Terminus, ...