In a 2002 poll by the BBC, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton of all time, after Winston Churchill. This prolific and gifted engineer designed railways (Great Western Railway ...

Railroads transformed the world. They stitched together cities and continents, turning once-distant destinations into reachable places. While their role in daily transportation has diminished in many ...

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 ...

Dean of Arts and Humanities and Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Bangor University The proposals, aimed to “reverse decades of decline” in the railways, have been praised as the “rebirth of the ...

For two centuries, railways have shaped Britain - driving industrialisation, aiding wartime efforts, and connecting ...

A special exhibition train celebrating 200 years of the railways in the UK has arrived in Scotland and is set to visit Aberdeen later this week. Named Inspiration, the train features four themed ...

A legendary piece of British rail history - the only one left of its kind - is returning to its original platform for the first time in six decades. The AC Railbus W79978 is one of the rarest trains ...