Chesterfield’s pivotal role in birth of the world’s railway system is set to be commemorated thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

A UK heritage steam railway was put at risk of “derailment” after thieves made away with more than 1,200 fixtures, which ...

Locomotion Number 1, the first steam engine to pull a passenger train on a public railway, was spotted at Wolsingham Station, ...

Now, HS2 Ltd, Network Rail and the Science Museum Group, the operator of the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, have agreed a loan ...

A blue plaque celebrating the life of the Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon. James ...

More than 200 visitors flocked to Holy Trinity Church where they saw the carpet of crocuses in the churchyard, viewed a special exhibition on George Stephenson who is buried there and enjoyed tea ...

The Rocket was designed and built by George Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...

The statue of Robert Stephenson, which stood at Euston station for nearly 150 years until it was removed for HS2 works, has ...

A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the ...

Robert Stephenson, called the greatest engineer of the nineteenth century, was buried beside Thomas Telford in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 16th October 1803 near ...