Hundreds of potentially useful disused railway structures are threatened with demolition or infilling by Highways England under plans described by one campaigner as “finishing...
The Island Line, the Isle of Wight’s railway, has been operated since 1989 by refurbished former London Underground trains, built originally in 1938.
However, they...
A 150-year-old bronze statue of railway pioneer Robert Stephenson has been removed and put into safe storage while Euston station undergoes its major HS2...
The Vale of Rheidol (VoR) Railway has finished construction of its new Museum collection and heritage rolling stock protection shed at its Aberystwyth terminus.
The...
A £600,000 restoration project on Preston station’s glazed frontage has seen the North side of the 140-year-old station transformed with new glazing and a...
Network Rail has acquired ‘Bristol Old Station’, the iconic Grade I listed building, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, that was Bristol’s first railway station...
The station building at Dent - England’s highest mainline railway station - has been purchased by the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL).
Standing at...
The heritage Churnet Valley Railway has announced that it will reopen on 1 August 2020 with a post-Lockdown steam-hauled train timetable, refurbished coaches and,...
The National Railway Museum is reopening after 119 days of lockdown.
Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham, will reopen on Tuesday 28 July and the main...
The current lockdown due to Coronavirus is having a major impact on heritage railways. Events have been cancelled, depriving both enthusiasts of a great...
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has called for some 'beechinged' lines to be reopened - but which ones?
Reopening a closed railway line is expensive and...
Refurbishment of a historic railway footbridge has been completed at New Mills Newtown station in the Derbyshire Peak District.
The stairs and overbridge were strengthened...
A National Lottery grant of £853,800 to repair the Falling Sands Viaduct in Kidderminster will "safeguard" Severn Valley Railway's (SVR) future.
Director Shelagh Paterson...
