Small, characterful and often overlooked, British Rail’s Class 03 shunters played a vital role across the network, quietly ...

Sixty years ago, Sunderland was in the midst of one of the most significant railway redevelopments in its history, as British ...

A police policy not to investigate thefts of bikes left at railway stations for longer than two hours has been reversed.

In January 1976, Britain’s expanding North Sea oil industry was already reshaping the nation’s railways — and nowhere was that impact clearer than in the Sc ...

Disruption from a landslip in Surrey which left a railway line hanging in mid-air will last until the middle of next month.

In January 1975, The Railway Magazine published a vivid first-hand account of what it was like to work a diesel locomotive ...

National Rail Enquiries said a number of railway lines are closed because of flooding. – Between Par and Newquay in Cornwall.

In January 1960, Britain’s railways were once again battling one of their greatest recurring enemies: severe winter weather.

Britain’s preserved Class 56 diesel locomotives continue to benefit from extensive behind-the-scenes work as owners, ...

A blind student who fell onto train tracks after an assistance service failed to meet him has been awarded £18,000 in ...

As Britain’s railways transitioned from steam to diesel, not all change was mechanical. Some, it seems, was far more ...

East Lancashire Railway (ELR) has partnered with Network Rail to reduce waste and costs by reusing rail materials from the ...