The railways were nationalised under the 1947 Transport Act and managed by “British Railways”. Back in the 1950s, the railway ...

Memories are short. The reason why the railways were privatised was not for ideology but because the network was failing under the old British Rail. It was underfunded because it was a constant ...

As each operator is nationalised, it is understood that old logos will be dropped and all trains will carry a new Great ...

Railway engineers have uncovered a "labyrinth" of historic tunnels and secret rooms hidden beneath an active railway station. Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) staff have discovered the ...

As each operator is nationalised, it is understood that old logos will be dropped and all trains will carry a new Great British Railways logo instead. “We want to usher in a genuinely new era and make ...