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

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The classic ‘double arrow’ symbol used on British Rail trains is now synonymous with the country’s train system. A logo (inset) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images "The death knell of British railways" is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, ...

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

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 ...

Train enthusiasts have hit out after a new Exhibition Train launched to mark 200 years of the National Railway has been fitted with an American whistle. After listening to a segment of Broadcasting ...

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 ...