The 163-year-old tunnel was closed while more than 1,000 metres of track was replaced.

For more than 150 years, scientists believed it was the earliest documented example of a solar storm interfering with human ...

A full lesson for KS2 about the introduction of the railways to Victorian Britain, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets. How did the Victorians respond to the new ...

Waterproofing Victorian tunnels aims to stop leaks damaging the railway's power supply.

This English riverside town has ornate old factories and steam train journeys, while a nearby wildlife attraction offers animal encounters and rides.

A forgotten Victorian railway siding and turntable pit have been uncovered by Network Rail as part of upgrade work on the site of a locomotive depot that closed in 1967. The Huddersfield Hillhouse ...

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It’s dreadfully impractical, of course. But for a brief period in the early to mid 20th Century, there was such a thing as small, private, chauffeur-driven trains on Victoria’s railways. Well, trains ...

It prompted a lifelong respect for the works of the journalist, writer, broadcaster, poet and urban conservationist who, following his knighthood, was made Poet Laureate 50 years ago this month. Back ...