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Thousands of workers stepping off their morning train has become an enduring image of the railway. But the custom of commuting has constantly evolved, as CHRISTIAN WOLMAR reports

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Some of the city’s finest restaurants are found inside museums. COUNTRY LIFE writers round up the very best

Stood alone inside Derby Litchurch Lane at 07.30 on Saturday, August 2, day two of The Greatest Gathering, the biggest railway event in decades, it was eerily quiet. It wouldn’t be like this in 30, 60

Strolling across the beautiful Grosvenor Gardens in the late 1950s/early 1960s, one was greeted by the imposing sight of the statue of General Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Force

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C