Between a rock and a wet place…

CHRIS HOWE charts the progress of HS2 work to the north of Birmingham

THE MUCH-MISSED Somerset & Joint Dorset Railway, between Bath and Bournemouth, might have closed on March 7, 1966, but a part of it is being revived at Shillingstone station, writes John Stretton. The

Getting to the heart of the matter

DAVID STUBBINGS takes a cab ride on a DB Cargo cement train from the Peak District to Cemex’s Dallam Freight Depot at Warrington

When Billy Butlin opened his titular holiday camp on the North Yorkshire coast after the Second World War, easy access to the sea was key to attracting visitors. But 80 years later, the sea could star

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