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‘What can we do as a country if we can’t build a railway line?’: The full tale of the HS2 shambles

In 2019, HS2 Ltd’s new chairman, Allan Cook, an engineer, told then-transport secretary Chris Grayling that Britain’s grand ...

The UK beer festival inside a Victorian railway station – and you can hop on a vintage train with a pint

GRABBING a pint doesn’t always have to be at a pub – you can instead head to a festival with a choice of over 270 tipples ...

You can spend the night in a Victorian train carriage at the UK’s ‘only desert’

FANS of unique getaways will love this converted Victorian train carriage with breathtaking sea views. Nestled in the ‘UK’s ...

Victorian carriages to return to railway after being used as home for 100 years

Two Victorian railway carriages which spent nearly a century as a home in Warwickshire are being donated to heritage railway ...

One of the world’s most beautiful train routes is in the UK – and it’s getting a £15million upgrade

WHILE not everyone might have crossed over the Glenfinnan Viaduct, most of us know it from the famous Harry Potter train ...
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The old platform: a Victorian relic in ruins

The first sections of the Midland Great Western Railway line came to Mullingar in 1846 and in its heyday, Mullingar railway ...

Listed iron footbridge is knocked over by train

The 133-year-old Victorian lattice iron bridge at St Mary's Halt in Lydney, Gloucestershire, was restored only in 2019 – and is said to be the last surviving piece of infrastructure from the historic ...
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Government video reveals plans for dedicated Ballarat express rail line

A promotional video from the Victorian government has offered the strong possibility Ballarat will get a dedicated express train service in the future. The government has repeatedly declined to ...