Seize the leisure travel initiative

The town of Merthyr Tydfil is situated on the northern edge of the South Wales coalfield in a basin of the Taff valley some 25 miles from Cardiff; it was once so famous for its iron and steel industry

You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone! British Rail’s High Speed Train fleet revolutionised and transformed inter-city travel when it was first introduced into service on BR’s Western Region i

How do you celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway? By building a replica of the inaugural train – complete with replica chaldron waggons and the coach Experiment. But updating 1820s technology and design for 2020s standards is no mean feat.