The 6.14am service that runs each Sunday from London Waterloo station to Shepperton rarely carries many passengers. But this weekend, hundreds of rail enthusiasts will board that train, which meanders ...

With uncertainty clouding overseas holidays, Britain’s heritage railway and excursion operators will be hoping for a bumper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images "The death knell of British railways" is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, ...

LONDON (AP) — The historic British train journey that laid the foundations for much of the modern age is being celebrated Saturday on the 200th anniversary. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam powered ...

Fears over dangerous crumbling concrete have spread to Britain’s railways, with Network Rail carrying out a review of the train estate, a minister has confirmed. Transport secretary Huw Merriman has ...

Project Reach, a partnership between Network Rail, Neos Networks and Freshwave, will see an end to some of the worst signal blackspots on the major rail arteries of Britain as the companies team up to ...

Britain's latest, most modern stretch of railway line has been ready for use since October but has yet to carry a single passenger. Nobody knows when it will. An ultra-modern station likewise sits ...

LONDON – Thousands of people on Saturday celebrated the 200th anniversary of the historic British train journey that laid the foundations for much of the modern age. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam ...