Although we take them for granted, our railway stations showcase some of Britain’s finest architectural and engineering ...

Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership ...

There have been some improvements as cancellations reduce by more than 30,000 – but there is still a long way to go ...

A Labour government would execute the "biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation" in its first term, the party has pledged. If it wins the next general election, Labour plans to nationalise the ...

Britain’s railways are “not fit for purpose” and “financially unsustainable”, the transport secretary has said. In the annual George Bradshaw Address in London on Tuesday, Mark Harper described the ...

Rob Bell explores the lost landscapes and infrastructure of some of Britain's former railway lines. From the 1960's the axe fell on 4,000 miles of Britain's rail network. Now, decades later, Rob Bell ...

I find myself in the candlelit dining room of Mother India restaurant in the West End of Glasgow, surrounded by dark woods and windows with chunky curtains. In front of me is a steaming pan of prawn ...

"The death knell of British railways" is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, surprisingly, at least one writer heard it as early as 1912, claiming that "motor cars must ...

All successful privatizations are alike; each unsuccessful privatization is unsuccessful in its own way. The opposition Labour Party’s promise to bring Britain’s railways back into public ownership ...

Britain's railways were key to the development of Britain - they helped facilitate the Industrial Revolution, the suburbs- and the commuter - and created popular holiday destinations. They've even ...