Read on to find out why a rail worker's refusal to work on Sundays resulted in a 'useless' train winning one of the most famous locomotive competitions in history ROCK and railways have been music ...

Joe Campbell travels a section of the new freight rail service between Southampton and Doncaster as he takes a deep dive into the future of England's railways. The opening of the world's first railway ...

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 ...

A British Airways flight was forced into an emergency landing after a passenger died onboard. The plane took off from London Heathrow on Sunday night bound for Abuja, Nigeria. However, it was diverted ...

Researchers are investigating whether a rare British butterfly could be reared from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen in an effort to safeguard the future of the species. The survival of the British ...

The state visit of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Britain has undeniably been a success. The U.S. leader can be temperamental and demanding. Trump was positive throughout the ...

Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always a busyness about the station, I miss it so much," he says of his ...

Great Western Railway will be brought under public ownership as the Government pledges to "deliver reliable, comfortable and more affordable journeys", the Transport Secretary is expected to announce.

Most rail journeys in Great Britain will be under public ownership by the middle of next year, the Transport Secretary is expected to announce. Speaking at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, ...

Performance at South Western Railway has plummeted in the months since it became the first network to be brought under state ownership, piling fresh scrutiny on the government’s nationalisation drive ...

Labour says services returning to public control will transform railways into a more reliable, affordable and accessible system. Most rail journeys in Great Britain will be under public ownership by ...