Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, ...

Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images "The death knell of British railways" is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching ...

Experts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwave ...

Train travellers have been given a glimpse of what services will look like under Great British Railways (GBR) as the government pushes to nationalise the railways. The logo and train livery for GBR, a ...

Britain’s railways are “not fit for purpose” and “financially unsustainable”, the transport secretary has said. In the annual George Bradshaw Address in London on Tuesday, Mark Harper described the ...

Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...

Britain's railways were key to the development of Britain - they helped facilitate the Industrial Revolution, the suburbs- and the commuter - and created popular holiday destinations. They've even ...

Rob Bell discovers the now-abandoned lines that unlocked the wild coastline of north Devon. He begins by following the dramatic Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway, which once built, proved an instant ...

"The death knell of British railways" is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, surprisingly, at least one writer heard it as early as 1912, claiming that "motor cars must ...