Adrian Backshall transformed his East Sussex garden into a working railway, inspired by his railway engineering career. The ...

A former Network Rail engineer has converted his garden into a functional 50-foot railway, featuring a solar-powered ...

Bringing a rail operator back into public ownership after 30 years will save money and provide a better service, a minister ...

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A major UK airport will get better rail links from next year - The hourly service will connect to England’s third-largest aviation hub ...

New battery-powered trains to be built by Alstom may lead the way for a new electric future of rail travel.

“This is the age of the train” was the British Rail catchphrase in the late 1970s, showcasing advances in technology, such as tilting trains, and advanced transport hubs, like the Euston station ...

The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. The first train featuring Great British Railways (GBR) ...

Mainland Europe has been basking in a not-so-quiet rail revolution for the past few years, but now the spotlight is firmly on the UK. 2025 marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton and ...

Today marks 200 years since the world’s first passenger railway journey. On September 27, 1825, around 450 people made the 26-mile journey from Shildon to Stockton in the north-east of England on a ...

British Steel has secured a five-year contract worth £500 million to supply 70,000 to 80,000 metric tons of rail annually to Network Rail. The company recently invested £10 million to open a new rail ...

After 30 years of privatisation Britain’s railways are in a disastrous state. When British Rail was privatised by the Conservative government in 1993, after decades of deliberate underfunding, they ...