Heritage

Passengers will now have smoother and more reliable journeys between Manchester and Leeds after a major track upgrade inside one of the world’s oldest railway tunnels. Network Rail has replaced 3km of track between Littleborough and Walsden stations which includes...

Greater Anglia has thanked customers for their patience following eight days of disruptive engineering works which were required to get ready for railway platform extensions for new longer trains. The works included the dismantling of a historic signal box. Platforms...

Archaeologists in Buckinghamshire working on the HS2 project have uncovered a set of incredible rare Roman statues whilst excavating a Norman Church in Stoke Mandeville. In the final stages of the excavation at the site of the old St Mary’s...

Direct Rail Services (DRS) is selling off heritage locomotives and carriages as it modernises its fleet. The sale will see all the Class 20s, which were DRS’s first engines and have been with the company for over 25 years, sold,...

Unrest is brewing in an East Sussex village over National Highways’ plan to infill a historic railway bridge within a conservation area. The state-owned roads company manages more than 3,100 legacy structures on the Department for Transport’s behalf. A controversial...

In tonight’s episode (Monday, 13 September) of ‘The Architecture the Railways Built’, presenter Tim Dunn explores the history of Newcastle’s High Level Bridge which spans the river Tyne. The Grade I listed structure opened in 1849 and was designed by...

Campaigners have accused National Highways of using “smoke and mirrors” to hide the true extent of its plans to infill or demolish potentially hundreds of historic railway structures. It emerged in January that the state-owned roads company was intending to...

Passengers can now enjoy a completely restored Grade II listed railway footbridge at Lancaster station. The 121-year-old footbridge, which spans platforms 3–6, has been strengthened, had a new roof and windows installed, as well as a fresh coat of paint. The...

The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) is backing Community Rail Network’s ‘Days Out by Rail’ campaign to encourage more day trippers to leave the car at home and take the train, well two trains in fact, for an educational and fun filled...

The work of acclaimed artist Laurence Fish, whose studio was latterly in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, will be celebrated at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GWSR) Winchcombe station over the weekend of 18th and 19th September*.  The event was postponed from May...