Six decades on from Beeching, Britain’s lost railway lines still captivate

This time last year, I picked out a selection of the UK’s most beautiful lost railways, taking the 60th anniversary of the ...
Yahoo

Full steam ahead as Britain marks the bicentenary of a world-changing rail journey

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people on Saturday celebrated the 200th anniversary of the historic British train journey that laid the foundations for much of the modern age. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first ...
CNN

Britain invented trains. Now its railway system seems to be having a nervous breakdown

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 New Criterion

The scream of steam

It was time for civilisation to take a trip south once more, travelling, as her wont is, in an armoured train. —Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Début of Bimbashi Joyce,” 1900 The tombstone in Ely Cathedral ...
The Conversation

British Rail wasn’t all bad. Sixty years after the brand launched we should remember its marketing successes

Lecturer in Marketing, Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam ...
The New York Times

Britain Gets Its First New Rail Clock Design in a Half Century

In a nod to history, the digital clock’s seconds indicator incorporates the British railway system’s renowned double arrow logo. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Train stations are known for ...
HistoryExtra

Were the Victorians the luckiest people in history?

In the middle decades of the 19th century, Britain experienced rapid industrial change without suffering revolution or major ...