Today marks 200 years since the world’s first passenger railway journey. On September 27, 1825, around 450 people made the 26-mile journey from Shildon to Stockton in the north-east of England on a ...

The National Railway Museum has completed a £10.5m refurbishment of its historic Station Hall gallery. After two years of closure, the Grade II-listed building has reopened in time for the York museum ...

Two rare locomotives will pay a visit to a Norfolk heritage railway to mark the end of this year's 50th anniversary celebrations. The North Norfolk Railway is set to round off its landmark year with a ...

"Our members won't stand for such behaviour and Unite will back them all the way in this dispute with a company that has a history of anti ... in Elizabeth line, Great Western Railway and Heathrow ...

North Wales is celebrated for its imposing castles, sprawling mansion estates and iconic bridges and aqueducts. But a new book is shining a light on slightly more unusual landmarks. Lucy Lavers, Judy ...

MAXINE GORDON follows the journey which established the National Railway Museum – the first national museum outside of London – in York 50 years ago THEY queued all the way down Leeman Road to be ...

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The train travelled to Glasgow with hundreds of people on board as part of commemorative events - Polmadie 150 and Railway ...