The museum has announced plans to celebrate 100 years of Mail Rail with a programme of events, lead by the new temporary ...

The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) has taken another important step towards enhancing emergency preparedness across the ...

Merseyrail services were thrown into chaos during July and August 1995 when Railtrack imposed restrictions on train operation ...

A festive steam train journey, a visit from Father Christmas and a Winter Wonderland await families at the Kent & East Sussex Railway this November and December. The Kent & East Sussex Railway is ...

In this archive article, C. Hamilton-Ellis recalls the Midland & South Western Junction Railway and its North Express service ...

Rail Express is essential reading for today’s rail enthusiasts and photographers; and the November issue brings you the latest news, headlines, images and features from across the entire rail network.

A £1 billion investment into 29 new battery-electric trains will “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the North”, Andy Burnham has said. The TransPennine Express fleet will be built at Alstom’s ...

The Fishguard Boat Express service on the Great Western Railway (GWR) between Fishguard Harbour in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland began in the early 1900s. The service was designed to provide a faster ...

Trials are underway using a battery-powered Class 08. Richard Clinnick attended the launch of the locomotive at Barrow Hill. No. 08308 stands at Barrow Hill on October 19. Positive Traction There is ...

The result was a dramatic and powerful departure as Seahorse hauled the heavy train across the junction, under the Edgeley Road bridge and past Cheadle Heath South signal box. Trains of similar weight ...

Richard Clinnick visits Strawberry Hill, where a small team are returning a Mk.1 slam-door unit to main line condition. A slam-door Mk.1 electric multiple unit returned to London Waterloo on January ...

In the September 1963 issue of The Railway Magazine, major repairs to Snowdon Mountain Railway locomotive No. 4, Snowdon, were reported following work at the Hunslet Engine Co. Ltd., of Leeds. The ...