With 150 heritage railways spanning 560 miles of track and 460 stations, taking the train is a great way to explore the UK.

We’ve entered a second golden age of rail travel – here are the most noteworthy routes to know for 2025, to traverse ...

A REMARKABLY femmer piece of railway ephemera is one of the thousands of items on offer at today’s Darlington Book Fair.

It was on 27 September 1825 that the world’s first steam-powered passenger locomotive chugged along ... two-century anniversary of engineer George Stephenson’s landmark achievement, including ...

Robert Stephenson, son of George Stephenson ... He designed the pioneering Rocket locomotive and was the chief engineer for the London and Birmingham Railway, which opened in 1838 as the first ...

The 27th September 2025, marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, a railway of great ...

Almost 90 years ago the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), installed huge signs on the railway lineside between London ...

George Stephenson was behind some great inventions ... “The Rocket,” though not the first steam locomotive, was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced ...

George Stephenson, 73, was jailed for life in 1987 after being found guilty of taking part in a massacre at Burgate House, near Fordingbridge. Stephenson, the victims' former handyman ...