Things looked very different in Glasgow over 55 years ago. Known as the ‘second city of the British Empire’ in Victorian ...

Rail expert Michael Williams boards the launch journey of Belle Trains, a nex luxury British train company travelling 1,000 ...

The setting for this whodunit from the 1950s is an idyllic ­English village where the narrator, Liane Crauford, is spending the run-up to Christmas with the family of the local doctor. But the mood ...

Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their international career in the 1950s and performed with ...

The fact that my dad and I are, respectively, vegetarian and pescatarian, was no issue. Everything was delicious. This included the canapes (heritage tomato and goats’ cheese and walnut tarts) ...

Last week, we reported on one such apprentice, Phil Crosby, who signed on as an apprentice back in August 1975. Phil is ...

RAIL’s Richard Wilcock and David Stubbings have taken a look at the Bill in greater detail since its publication on Wednesday. It’s broad and comprehensive in scope, but plenty remains unclear. What ...

The government has presented legislation to Parliament to create ‘Great British Railways’, claiming that the new law is “paving the way for a simpler, more reliable network, which puts passengers ...

Rail union RMT has called for cuts to the British Transport Police to be reversed after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday (November 1). The union has also called for 'urgent' ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This week has so far proved dreadful for rail passengers caught up in the Huntingdon knife attack; scary for travellers aboard Monday’s derailed 4.28am from Glasgow to London, and disruptive for ...