KIDDERMINSTER, England — A British heritage railway is set to offer service geared to commuters for an eight-week period as a ...

The UK Government has revealed the new identity for Great British Railway, a milestone revival marking the transition towards a nationalised rail system. An evolution of the old British Rail that was ...

There was a time when to take a British rail journey was to receive a ticket barely changed since Victorian times — a small cardboard rectangle printed with the destination through which the inspector ...

Trains across the UK are set to receive a distinctive red, white, and blue paint scheme, inspired by the Union flag, as part of the government’s ongoing rail nationalisation efforts. The state-owned ...

The new look of Britain’s railways has been unveiled – in its full red white and blue glory. The government has revealed the branding for the Great British Railways company – complete with a huge ...

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, ...

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 ...

For rail fanatics, the network of tracks criss-crossing Britain hold a particular allure. Whether its London commuter trains connecting hills and cornfields to sprawling suburbs and bold skyscrapers – ...

Two centuries after the launch of the world’s first passenger line, we trace the milestones that made our railways the envy of the world Chris is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of ...

Almost two thirds of Britons would like to see the country’s railways brought back into public ownership, according to a survey for The Independent. The poll, carried out by BMG, found that 64% of ...

GIVEN, a railway system which earns each year just about what it earned the year previous, while the capital charged against it is each year materially greater; how are dividends always to be paid at ...