Forget about being crammed on a suburban train, the real romance of rail is found through luxury long-distance inland trips or journeys back in time.

Rail travel first began on Sept 27, 1825. Two centuries ago, the world’s first steam train ran in northern England and transformed modern transportation. Not long after, other railways opened in ...

It has been 200 years since the first steam-powered passenger train on a public line departed from a small, northern mining town.

The historic train journey that set the foundations for much of the modern age is being celebrated across the U.K. on the 200th anniversary of the modern railway ...

Watchet is ancient. Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Civil War Royalists all made their mark on this north Somerset town, which proudly boasts “1,000 years of maritime history”. Its roots are in ...

In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first locomotive to pull a passenger train. In 1938, Queen Elizabeth christened the world's largest ocean liner with her own name during a ceremony ...