But in its wake old railway lines and stations have become abandoned. In the 1960s ... And a landmark report by then head of British Rail, Richard Beeching, led to the closure of many stations ...

Some 150 years after work on it began, the future of one of the country’s longest disused railway tunnels ... prompting British Railways Board (Residuary) to propose an abandonment scheme ...

There are questions about how Welsh rail services will fit into the UK Government's plans for Great British Railways ...

Nottingham Victoria station has largely been demolished but the tunnels still run underground Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for disused rail tunnels beneath a city to be ...

Here's an old picture of an abandoned Lyme Regis Railway Station and in this article, we remember its glory days and its eventual closure ...