Professor Stuart Cole says fares should be based on the distance travelled, as in the Netherlands. The Welsh Government ...

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...

Transpennine Express joins LNER, Northern and Southeastern rail under the DfT’s control. Credit: AlanMorris/Shutterstock Ownership of the British railway system has been hotly contested since it was ...

The 200th anniversary of the modern British railway system is the perfect time to look back on and reflect on the importance of rail travel. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, ...

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS, ...

Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railway (GWR) services will then be the next to transfer. Govia Thameslink is the largest ...

Havenstreet reopened in 1971 as part of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway A railway engine shed and turntable in Dorset and a train station on the Isle of Wight are among seven sites that have been ...