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With 150 heritage railways spanning 560 miles of track and 460 stations, taking the train is a great way to explore the UK.
It's 200 years since George Stephenson climbed into the cab of the aptly named Locomotion No. 1 and took 600 passengers on a ...
Romantic Ben Miller and Lorenzo Garofalo are splashing out £24,000 to turn the Carnforth-based Northern Belle into a Love ...
They made the case for further investment to deliver faster and more reliable train services by increasing capacity at Leeds, Sheffield ... first commercial railway to use steam locomotives ...
Proposals to operate direct train services between Newcastle and Brighton have been announced. Arriva Group said five ...
Railway Hollow Cemetery ... Recent battlefield archaeology by the historians John Lee and Gary Sheffield, among others, has shown how the Germans in some areas, such as around Thiepval, dug ...
A steam railway is celebrating the reopening of one of its stations after a six-year repair project. The platform at Lawley, Telford, began to shift in 2019, with Telford Steam Railway carrying ...
In the early 20th century, a futuristic vision rolled into Wuppertal, Germany: a fully operational steam-powered monorail ...
Steam train services have been suspended on a heritage railway after a series of lineside fires. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway said the decision followed an unprecedented spell of dry weather ...
Enthusiasts will still have an opportunity to see locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley in steam at Grosmont Station Steam train services have been suspended on a heritage railway after a series of ...
A small retail space formerly used as a waiting room for first class passengers at Sheffield Railway Station between platforms 2 and 5 could be back in use as a coffee shop if planning officers ...