There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

A locomotive that served Dorset from the 1930s will star in a three-day steam gala. The volunteer run Swanage Railway, will ...

Joe Campbell travels a section of the new freight rail service between Southampton and Doncaster as he takes a deep dive into ...

THIS year marks 150 years since the first freight trains rumbled over the Settle–Carlisle line, one of Europe’s most scenic ...

Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever – and its legacy shaped rail networks ...

While the achievements of engineers like Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George Stephenson are known the world over, one of the ...

Saturday 27 September marked a landmark moment in British history – 200 years since the world’s first passenger railway ...

B Just as the opening of the first modern railway in 1825 reshaped global transport, so the start of the Stockton & ...

THE Settle Carlisle Railway has been recognised as one of the top-rated attractions in the world. Chair of Settle Carlisle ...

Thomson Street Bridge, built in 2022, has been renamed in honour of John Axon, who died trying to stop a runaway train in ...