‘railway 200’: celebrating the railway’s past and future

As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, Emily Scaife explores the enduring bond between trains, rail lines and our great British countryside

To mark the bicentenary of the first public passenger steam railway, Tom Chesshyre picks his top British train trips

In our series celebrating Railway 200, Good Journey founder NAT TAPLIN celebrates the birth of the great British rail holiday and calls for a renaissance in tourism by train

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025 takes us to 1948 and a change in railway ownership

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All aboard as JD Savage takes the fast track through 200 years of train travel.