A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of the railway. James ‘Jim’ Hurst, who ...

Due to a defective track between Reading and London Paddington fewer trains are able to run on all lines, there are cancellations, delays and ...

Exclusive: ‘If you can't improve the journey time, it's about improving the time on the journey,’ says Peninsula Transport ...

Caerphilly Castle was designed and built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon. It was built in 1923 and was the prototype of the Castle Class - a now iconic class of locomotive. Built in the heyday ...

UK: A pilot deployment of 'next generation' fast on-train wi-fi using technology developed for Formula 1 has been launched.

Reference: Pick of the Past, Post, Wednesday, July 2. In answer to your question, the locomotive heading the trainload of Suttons & Pilgrims wagons is one of the second series of a class of Great ...

Great Western Railway (GWR) has warned that its services from Swindon to Gloucester may be cancelled or delayed until this issue is resolved. An investigation into the problem remains ongoing at the ...

Flooding has closed part of the railway line in Cornwall, Great Western Railway (GWR) has confirmed. Train services running ...

A steam train aficionado has bought a former Great Western Railway locomotive and is housing it alongside a number of buses and coaches in his Weston-super-Mare bus depot. Jonathan Jones-Pratt ...