As the charismatic chairman of British Rail, Sir Peter Parker, once said, “steam warms the market for railways”, and Network Rail – to its credit – continues to find space on the network ...

These charts explore the current state of rail travel in Great Britain. In 2016-17, 1.7 billion passengers travelled on the British train network, with journeys adding up to 65.8 billion kilometres.

A heritage train has derailed during an annual summer gala and beer festival. The ex-British Rail Class 50 locomotive was on the back of a six-carriage passenger train when it partially derailed ...

To really get a picture of what happened and understand this terrible incident in the railway’s history, we decided to build a recreation of the crash using a model train collection. We laid it ...

When you’re not worrying about delays, extortionate fares or forced to spend your journey stood next to the toilet cubicle, railway journeys can actually be quite nice. Relaxing, even.