Steam locomotives shaped Britain’s industrial, social, and engineering legacy. Here’s a journey through the key engines that ...

An interactive train exhibit celebrating two centuries of the modern railway is heading to three stations across Sussex and ...

Lecturer in Marketing, Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam ...

Today marks 200 years since the world’s first passenger railway journey. On September 27, 1825, around 450 people made the 26-mile journey from Shildon to Stockton in the north-east of England on a ...

When britain’s railways were nationalised for the first time, in 1948, politicians steamed. Conservative peers called it “a most ghastly mistake” and “by far the biggest measure of Socialism which had ...

Britain’s first railway transformed the way people and goods moved forever. In this video, Guy Martin explores the history, ...

Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the first passenger rail journey are taking place up and down the UK, with this weekend particularly special. On 27 September, 1825, the first passenger ...

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...