Victoria was the railway queen: the first British monarch to board a train when she departed Slough for Paddington in 1842.

A historic Cornish railway has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Lappa Valley, near St Newlyn East, is one of the final four entrants for the "Railway of the Year" award in the Heritage ...

In 1958 the first diesel locomotives began to appear on Cornish railways. The arrival of the Warship class engines meant the beginning of the end of steam traction. Fifty years ago on the 17th ...

The frequency of trains on a branch line in Cornwall is planned to almost double from eight to 15 a day on 20 September, ...

A SCHEME to strengthen a Victorian railway viaduct in Cornwall has been completed. The strengthening project has been ...

Bodmin & Wenford Railway will be home to the steam train which will be regularly running along the Cornish line until early September. During the 1950's the GWR '4575' Class 2-6-2T No 5521 was ...

A £200,000 temporary footbridge over a Cornish railway station is being installed to ease waiting times at the town's level crossing. Network Rail (NR) has been working to end delays for traffic ...

Cornish nationalists have been campaigning ... Ages and rich copper mines expanding during the 19th century, while railways led to a growth of tourism in the early 20th centuries.

The second part explores encounters with modernity, investigating the impact of railway expansion on access to Cornwall, the development of a Cornish King Arthur as a key figure of Victorian ...