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, ...
The first Great British Railway-branded train will be unveiled tomorrow in Brighton, marking a milestone for the Government's ...
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. There are few inventions that have had as transformative an ...
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 ...
Some 31 years after they were privatized, the U.K.’s railways are heading back into public ownership. One positive of privatization is the emergence of so-called “open access” operators. Despite ...
hs2 soon fell behind schedule and ran well over budget. The original line has been drastically pruned—it will now run only from London to slightly north of Birmingham. Plans for hs3 have been shelved.