Even in these ‘green’ times, the UK still uses five million tonnes of coal a year. It is used, still, for power generation, for cement manufacture, for iron and steel production, for domestic heating and, […]
Workers repairing a landslip on the railway near Guildford, Surrey, have uncovered a small cave believed to be from the 14th century. Made up of several sections ranging from 0.3 metres to about 0.7 metres […]
Thameslink’s station at Cricklewood has been brightened up with a 24-metre mural that looks back to a time when the town was a centre of world aviation. Sir Frederick Handley Page went down in history […]
The clock tower at Cleethorpes station, a Grade II listed landmark, has been restored thanks to a £410,000 restoration project. Network Rail worked with the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT), TransPennine Express and Colt to dismantle […]
Helen Smith has joined the Severn Valley Railway as its new general manager, taking over from Nick Ralls who has moved on to the post of chief executive of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust. She […]
There was a special significance to the 2019 family open day at Bombardier’s Vado Ligure factory in northern Italy – the 2,000th locomotive built at the plant since its founding in 1905 was on display. […]
A veteran of the Second World War had a surprise send-off from Preston station when he went to board a train for London. Ernest ‘Ernie’ Horsfall, 101 years old and one of the UK’s oldest […]
Representatives of the railway industry gathered at Southwark Cathedral on 6 November 2019 to remember the thousands of workers who lost their lives during World War 1. The congregation included representatives from Network Rail, Rail […]
Network Rail has announced that a Grade II listed bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station will be restored over the winter. The former luggage bridge is a feature of the Georgian-style station that was built […]
Friends and supporters of Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, which is run by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, were devastated to find that it was targeted by thieves. During the night of Monday 23 September 2019, […]
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