Built in 1830, it formed a key part of the the historic Liverpool and Manchester railway - and part of it is even used on the ...

UK: The Department for Transport has formally advertised the position of Chair of the future Great British Railways board, saying the 'leadership challenge of national importance' will require 'a ...

According to Network Rail, digital signalling technology will help increase the number of trains running without having to embark on highly expensive railway infrastructure projects that take many ...

Entering its trial third year to study the feasibility of battery-electric rail, UK’s Great Western Railway (GWR) has hit an encouraging milestone, traveling further in the region than any ...

A major fleet of double-decker trains will operate in the UK for the first time, Eurostar has announced. The company said it will purchase up to 50 two-storey trains for use across its entire network, ...

Surprisingly, it was only operating as a train station for 14 years - and you can still visit parts of it today.

Transport for Wales boss James Price has laid out how he thinks the UK Government's plan to create a new body to run rail services in the UK - Great British Railways - will impact Wales. The UK ...

The Liberal Democrats have called for the United Kingdom's railways to be overhauled to attract more users and give the country a better chance of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the ...

Professor Paul Plummer has previously worked in the railway and receives funding for research from parts of the railway. Rail unions and operators have been meeting with the government to attempt to ...

A map of the UK's train lines showing the British railway at its peak highlights just how underserved many parts of the country are today. In 1914, the British rail system rivalled any other. It ...

University of Essex provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Just who exactly supports the UK’s privatised railway industry? It’s certainly not passengers, taxpayers, railway employees or ...