Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...
Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways. Many people now think it’s pointless
Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...
It’s an old canard that railways work better on the Continent. But do they? Glib generalisations have become even more suspect since most countries diluted the monopoly of a single national operator, ...
The new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will formally announce his cabinet soon. Credit: Ricky Vigil / Getty Images After a long night of vote counting and speeches, the UK has woken up to a new ...
The Railway Industry Association cited the area around London’s King’s Cross and St Pancras stations as an example of what ...
Today, Network Rail and partners across the Government and railway industry marked the launch of the railway’s first national ...
A railway station which was reopened after a 60-year gap has won a national competition. Ashington opened in December 2024 as ...
A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways. A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways, from the Severn Valley Railway's dazzling Steam in ...
A new Great British Railways logo that will “restore pride” in the British train network is set to be unveiled in May on the first trains to be nationalised under the Labour government. Government ...
The Welsh Government agrees the "system is broken". It says reform of the railways, being led by the UK Government, will help in the long run. The £1 bus fare for young people between 16 and 21 years ...
The history of the railway tells us much about Britain as a nation. Over the years, rail has both driven and reflected wider social and economic trends: the locomotive was the most famous incarnation ...
A steam train ride reveals how the Brontë sisters became railway revolutionaries. A steam train ride through the Yorkshire moors to reveals how the Brontë sisters became railway revolutionaries, and ...
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