Trains of thought

With a handful of trains now running, is all the work done on the first section of EWR? PAUL CLIFTON finds out

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

PAUL CLIFTON takes a cab ride on DB and Maritime Transport’s new freight route from Southampton Docks to Northampton via EWR

When my mother announced that she was going to visit her sister in Saltford, a village on the eastern outskirts of Bristol, I jumped at the chance of accompanying her. This was in the spring of 1952,

Strolling across the beautiful Grosvenor Gardens in the late 1950s/early 1960s, one was greeted by the imposing sight of the statue of General Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Force

Thousands of bus replacements during key element of the Transpennine Route Upgrade