Is reopening Beeching lines the way forward?
This is the new age of the train. The railways had a generally bad 20th century, being outfought and ultimately replaced by the car and the aeroplane, but now in the 21st they are enjoying a renaissance that is spreading across the world.
Here in Britain, where the railway was invented and first developed 170 years ago, people are rediscovering the joys of train travel. The days of slam door trains ...
Fire and Steam Review by Peter Lyth
This new history of Britain¹s railways comes from the prolific pen of the nation¹s most passionate and well-known advocate of rail transport and travel. Christian Wolmar is an award-winning journalist who has made his name investigating the sad state of our urban and intercity railways with critical and incisive accounts such as Down the Tube (the London Underground) and ...