Author: Patrick Bennett

First on the scene was the London & Southampton, soon to change its name to the London & South Western. The branch on to Salisbury was the ...

The first railway to penetrate Sussex was the Brighton Line of the LBSCR. From this beginning, lines spread out along the coast. Over the succeedin...

Derbyshire is a county of contrasts, and the development of the railways reflect this. In Limestone Country in the west the LNW held sway with its...

No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented within Cumbria''s borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone. To the east of the mount...

Selby was an important location from the earliest days of the railways, with the arrival of the Leeds & Selby Railway in 1934. Over the succeed...

The railways of France present a uniquely interesting picture, consisting as they once did of two entirely separate but overlapping systems: the st...

1980 to 1995 was an extraordinary time for the railways of Britain, especially the freight sector. In 1980 there was a unified, monochrome railway....