There was a time when to take a British rail journey was to receive a ticket barely changed since Victorian times — a small cardboard rectangle printed with the destination through which the inspector ...

To mark the anniversary, the line’s operator Northern will be offering thousands of £1.50 tickets to customers travelling on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK's rail network operator has revealed a major update regarding ticket refunds will be taking effect from next month ...

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. In the early 1840s, Queen ...

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, ...

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 ...

Exercise and healthy eating might be the usual recipe for long life but for Frank Paterson of York it’s train travel that keeps him young. It helps that he has a “gold pass,” which, since he retired ...

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS, ...

In a nod to history, the digital clock’s seconds indicator incorporates the British railway system’s renowned double arrow logo. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Train stations are known for ...