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 ...
It was time for civilisation to take a trip south once more, travelling, as her wont is, in an armoured train. —Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Début of Bimbashi Joyce,” 1900 The tombstone in Ely Cathedral ...
The history of the railway tells us much about Britain as a nation. Over the years, rail has both driven and reflected wider social and economic trends: the locomotive was the most famous incarnation ...
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, ...
Visitors to a historic tunnel in Leicestershire have more than doubled after a miniature railway was installed, volunteers ...
Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways. Many people now think it’s pointless
Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...
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