On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past
In some ways Thatcher, humble of birth but ascending into mock aristocracy, was one of our cleverest leaders.…
Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
White Rose Station, near Leeds, is set to go three years over schedule, with its entire £26.5 million…
Britain needs to lead in rail again
Two hundred years after Britain led the world with the first coal-powered trains – starting from Shildon and…
Russians attack railway station in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; number of trains cancelled – video
Russian forces attacked the railway station in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on the night of 9-10 August. Source: Oleksandr…
Thousands of UK workers given ‘summer Friday’ hours and can finish work early
An analysis of broadband data has found that there is an 8 per cent decline in traffic at…
To the Sea by Train: The Golden Age of Railway Travel is a trip down the tracks of time to the great British seaside
The book, beautifully and amusingly written and prodigiously well-informed, is part travelogue and part history. Martin enjoys the…
My grandparents fled Hitler, today in London someone screamed ‘filth’ in my face
Barrister, author and London Islington resident David Renton, 52, attended the counter-demo outside London’s Thistle City Barbican Hotel…
My memories of the royal train
It is the most civilised way to travel anywhere in the kingdom. Which is why I am so…
Britain’s worst performing rail services revealed as 384,000 trains cancelled in past year
More than 1,000 services have been axed per day in the past year, despite the fact fed-up passengers…
Best Bike-Friendly Trains In Europe
A new report evaluated the bicycle friendliness of 67 long-distance train operators across Europe. European Cyclists’ Federation Belgian…