Scottish holidays by rail: 1949

To The Sea by Train: The Golden Age ...

From third-class seats open to the elements, to the gold-plated interiors of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train, we mark this milestone anniversary with a nostalgic look through the ages

Have you ever thought, ‘I dodged a bullet there’? Well, for anyone who chose not to travel on the Branch Line Society’s ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ charter of July 12, you most certainly did. This was one

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2005 takes us to 1960… and the seaside

PHILIP HAIGH considers who might have control of what under nationalisation and Great British Railways

RAIL ’s Mystery Shopper samples the catering on a long-distance continental train travelling through four countries… and compares it with what UK operators have to offer