Heritage

Rail passengers at Great Malvern station are set to be right on time as renovations to a Victorian clock are now complete. The ornate 161-year-old timepiece is working properly for the first time in three years after Network Rail organised...

Visitors arriving at Ledbury station will soon be able to learn more about the town’s history thanks to a community grant from West Midlands Railway and the vision of local residents. A new project will see glazed information display cabinets...

TfL working with the Railway Heritage Trust have brought Hanwell station up to modern standardsStation improvements include new lifts and refurbished platform canopies, waiting rooms and a new accessible toiletCustomers now benefit from step-free access from street to platformLondon...

In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge usable by new electric trains, avoiding weeks of passenger disruption and train delays in the process. Just over a year ago,...

Drawings being scanned for new Gresley class V4 on 80th anniversary of unveiling of prototype The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT), the registered charity behind famous new 100mph steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado and Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive No. 2007 Prince of Wales,...

Hundreds of potentially useful disused railway structures are threatened with demolition or infilling by Highways England under plans described by one campaigner as “finishing off what Dr Beeching started”. The government-owned company is responsible for managing the Department for Transport’s...

The Island Line, the Isle of Wight’s railway, has been operated since 1989 by refurbished former London Underground trains, built originally in 1938. However, they have now operated their last service. The final Class 483 train rolled out of Ryde...

The heritage of a Grade II listed bench at Scarborough railway station has been protected by a Network Rail project that will make sure that it can be enjoyed by passengers for years to come. Reported to be the longest...

The University of Northampton has won a coveted heritage award for keeping one foot firmly in the past. Opened in 2018, the £330 million Waterside campus foregoes traditional lecture theatres for interactive spaces that are geared up for a blend...

The world’s first preserved railway is one of 50 heritage and steam railways across the UK that is receiving support from a leading independent lubricants company. The seven-mile Talyllyn Railway, which has been running for 155 years from Tywyn on...