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, ...
The government seems to have learned from past errors. Instead of crashing ahead with construction before any scheme is ...
Michael Portillo will celebrate the 200th anniversary of British railways with a special programme on the BBC. The opening of ...
A new Great British Railways logo that will “restore pride” in the British train network is set to be unveiled in May on the first trains to be nationalised under the Labour government. Government ...
It could be said that the Government is on the road to establish a single, publicly-owned Great British Railways (GBR), an entity which by combining both, the infrastructure management and train ...
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 ...
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Britain will accelerate reforming its underperforming railways, transport minister Mark Harper said on Tuesday, banking on a fresh injection of private sector competition to ...
NTSNs set technical standards for rail vehicles, infrastructure, and operations, covering passenger and freight rail on mainline, high-speed networks (HS1, HS2), and the UK section of the Channel ...
A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways. A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways, from the Severn Valley Railway's dazzling Steam in ...
A steam train ride reveals how the Brontë sisters became railway revolutionaries. A steam train ride through the Yorkshire moors to reveals how the Brontë sisters became railway revolutionaries, and ...
Last month’s announcement that the government will scrap phase two of the HS2 rail project, set to run from the West Midlands to Manchester, felt like another nail in the coffin for Britain’s ...