There was a time when to take a British rail journey was to receive a ticket barely changed since Victorian times — a small cardboard rectangle printed with the destination through which the inspector ...

UK: The Department for Transport has formally advertised the position of Chair of the future Great British Railways board, ...

Rapid transit was born in the United Kingdom, with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, followed by lines in ...

As any tourist traveling on dilapidated trains to and from London would quickly discover, Britain’s domestic railway system has been in a state of slow decline ever since the sun set on the British ...

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, ...

The list of Britain’s finest stations also included Cromford, which is ‘perhaps the UK’s quintessential rural train station’, the Grade II-listed art-deco Leamington Spa and Hebden Bridge, which has ...

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. In the early 1840s, Queen ...

In a nod to history, the digital clock’s seconds indicator incorporates the British railway system’s renowned double arrow logo. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Train stations are known for ...

Exercise and healthy eating might be the usual recipe for long life but for Frank Paterson of York it’s train travel that keeps him young. It helps that he has a “gold pass,” which, since he retired ...