It's 200 years since George Stephenson climbed into the cab of the aptly named Locomotion No. 1 and took 600 passengers on a 26-mile trip on the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Unsurprisingly, there ...

Most rail journeys in Great Britain will be under public ownership by the middle of next year, the Transport Secretary is expected to announce. Speaking at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, ...

MOST of us sit on the commuter trains taking in the same view every day, but Tom Chesshyre travelled 4,000 miles around the UK on some of the most scenic journeys. Tom did it using the National Rail ...

The proportion of train journeys in Britain on services run by the public sector has hit 40%. Analysis by the PA news agency found the figure has been reached with Greater Anglia becoming the third ...

From Europe to Asia and beyond, escorted tours offer a unique way to discover the world's beauty spots Enthusiastic train advocate Robert Louis Stevenson once declared: “I travel not to go anywhere, ...

Train travellers this Christmas are likely to face disruption to their journeys after National Rail announced a "considerable number" of engineering and improvement projects scheduled for the festive ...

A passenger orders a meal in a dining car at King’s Cross station, London, 1930 - Fox Photos/Hulton Archive Among stiff competition, few experiences more totally obliterate any lingering faith in ...