Britain’s most significant rail bridges

Although the journey between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads stations is faster and more comfortable than it was when services began at the end of June 1841, there are plenty of reminders a

1 KIRUNA CHURCH, SWEDEN Not just any old place of worship, Kiruna Church was once voted the most beautiful pre-1950 construction in all of Sweden. Unfortunately, the 113-year-old timber building was a

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

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On 27 September 1825, the first-ever passenger rail service steamed out of a colliery in the North East of England, changing the way generations of travellers would experience the world. Two hundred years on, as more people turn their backs on flying in search of a greener, more immersive form of long-distance travel, we pick the train journeys that changed our horizons forever, plus some new routes bringing back the golden age of rail

The summer has seen the publication of a wealth of new architectural books. John Goodall offers a round-up of some recent titles that have caught his eye