Britain’s best viaducts

PAUL CLIFTON picks ten of the best (and worst), declaring: “There are numerous poetry anthologies on the subject of travel. I have an entire shelf of them. Choosing just ten about railways is highly subjective. Here is my flawed selection: some familiar to everyone and one you might rather forget…”

Despite having their work cut out clearing deep snowdrifts from Scotland’s railways during the heavy January snowfalls, some of the engineers and train crews managed to take some stunning photos - and here are a few of them…

The station’s £140 million rebuild is running several months late, and even when complete it may never realise its potential. HOWARD JOHNSTON investigates

Work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has certainly been ramped up over the past 18 months, and now you can clearly see some of the significant work going on. CHRIS HOWE sends up the drone to see the progress on the new Baker Viaduct near Dewsbury

QWhat’s the longest stretch of straight road in the world? A You have to head to Saudi Arabia to find that. The straight stretch of Highway 10 is 240 km in length, and has an estimated drive time of a

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