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Chorley’s historic flying arches have been restored to their rightful place above the Bolton to Euxton Junction line after seven years in storage. Read more

Chorley’s historic flying arches have been restored to their rightful place above the Bolton to Euxton Junction line after seven years in storage. Writes Graeme Bickerdike The 16 masonry structures, now Grade II listed, were temporarily replaced with steel props...

The coming of the railways in the 19th century revolutionised military planning. The First World War saw the railways put to use as a major weapon of war. For the first time it became possible to mobilise millions of men and keep them supplied hundreds of miles from home. Colin Garratt reports World War One […]

One of the world's last-remaining double-decker tram systems has celebrated 110 years of service. The Hong Kong Tramway, which operates a fleet of 163 two-floor trams, opened on July 30, 1904. Throughout July, RATPDev Transdev Asia, the RATP/Veolia joint venture which...

Every evening at 8 o’clock in Ypres in Belgium, four buglers from the town’s volunteer fire brigade assemble under the imposing Menin Gate. Passers by fall silent as the men sound the Last Post. The local police chief, Pierre Vandenbraambussche, instituted the practice as an expression of thanks by Belgium for those who died to […]

The Guinness World Book of Records has awarded a rail tunnel in Derbyshire, which was unearthed by archaeologists last year, the title of world’s oldest. Located in Fritchley near Crich, the tunnel is thought to date back to around 1793...

Investors have committed millions of euros to extend and modernise a tram system in the historic Ukrainian city of L'viv. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed a loan of up to €6 million and investment grant...

Part 6: Sectorisation This year sees the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Beeching’s ‘The Re-Shaping of British Railways’. Colin Garratt reports 2013 also sees the thirtieth anniversary of the Serpell Report. These two events mirrored the tempestuous undertones of railway policy in the years following World War Two. In this eight part series, Colin Garratt of [...]

This year sees the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Beeching’s ‘The Re-Shaping of British Railways’. Writes Colin Garratt 2013 also sees the thirtieth anniversary of the Serpell Report. These two events mirrored the tempestuous undertones of railway policy in the years following World War Two. In this eight part series, Colin Garratt of Milepost 921⁄2 outlines [...]

Morino Nakamura will not be a name familiar to most people in Japan and even less so to those outside of the country, but her place in history is guaranteed as the first of more than 300 school girls...