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

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

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

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

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, ...

After an ambitious six-year £650,000 restoration to full working order by the Swanage Railway Trust – and resplendent in its new 1890s Drummond passenger green livery - the 81-tonne T3 hauled its ...

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

A BRITISH fashion giant is shutting its “truly historic” superstore, bringing the curtain down on a site with more than a century of history. Matalan has confirmed that today, January 3 is the ...

From Angola to Turkmenistan, sumptuously outfitted railroad cars are taking passengers on over-the-top journeys back in time.

Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time publicly about fighting off an attacker on a train when she was a teenager, in an interview broadcast Wednesday."When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a ...

Package holidays have become the go-to option for many Brits, but the first package holiday in 1841 was worlds away from a sizzling trip to Spain - and passengers only travelled 11 miles from home ...