John Palmer, who has died aged 97, was the civil servant responsible for Britain’s railways from 1975 to 1989, spanning the final serious threat to the network – from the Serpell Report – and the ...

Red, white and blue: the colours and lines of the union flag have been deployed as the logo for Great British Railways (GBR). This nationalised body will replace the current patchwork of mostly ...

The 6.14am service that runs each Sunday from London Waterloo station to Shepperton rarely carries many passengers. But this weekend, hundreds of rail enthusiasts will board that train, which meanders ...

This week has so far proved dreadful for rail passengers caught up in the Huntingdon knife attack, scary for travellers aboard Monday’s derailed 4.28am from Glasgow to London, and disruptive for ...

The U.K.’s new public railway is leaning on well-known, classic symbolism for its visual identity unveiled this month. Train liveries for the new brand will show a design of a stylized Union Jack flag ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The classic ‘double arrow’ symbol used on British Rail trains is now synonymous with the country’s train system. A logo (inset) ...

Great British Railways (GBR) is the new train body that the UK government is setting up and naturally, it will need a new logo. The previous government did suggest a logo (above), and registered it ...

Transpennine Express joins LNER, Northern and Southeastern rail under the DfT’s control. Credit: AlanMorris/Shutterstock Ownership of the British railway system has been hotly contested since it was ...

A woman who disguised herself as a man to secure work on the railway is among a group of heroines being celebrated this ...

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 ...