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For some projects, supporters will hope the backing marks the final stage of a long-running process. One, a widening of the ...
The winners of the 2025 Young Railway Photographer of the Year competition have been selected from over 300 entries.
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A bid to beat the fastest London to Glasgow time for a train, set 37 years ago by British Rail’s APT-P has missed out by just 21 seconds.
A system harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to deter deer away from railway lines. LNER/PA Wire The automated deer deterrent system (Adds) was developed in partnership between LNER ...
The Government has announced £48 million in funding to upgrade the Penistone line from Huddersfield to Sheffield.
Historian and TV presenter Tim Dunn was guest speaker at the Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards 2022. The restoration of the oldest surviving ‘Black Five’, Seaton Tramway, and a young Kent and ...
We have received payment for the content in this article. Learn more. Britain’s Best Steam Locomotives is a fitting memorial to over two centuries of British steam locomotive design and traces this ...
Introduced in the early 1980s, the strikingly-liveried hoppers were a distinctive part of the Speedlink scene throughout the decade, later seeing use on export workings through the Channel Tunnel. For ...
Hattons Model Railways has announced “with immense sadness” that it will cease trading after 77 years. Credit: Hattons Model Railways The announcement was made “with immense sadness” and spoke of the ...