Lord Hendy questioned why HS2 needed to be even faster than the High Speed 1 route that runs between London’s St Pancras ...

The technology has seen speeds that outpace commercial jet flights, which usually travel at around 570 miles per hour.

With journeys of just over an hour and prices from £78, skip the hotel stay and discover a new city or town within a day ...

Railroads might operate differently, but the challenges of keeping the public safe around platforms and at grade crossings ...

Battery trains could soon replace diesel trains on the UK's railway network, according to Great Western Railway ...

Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning ...

The HS2 high-speed train line is only about “one third complete” and two to three years behind schedule, the project’s new ...

Watch the skyscrapers fade away and marvel at endless stretches of unspoilt country side and rugged mountains with this legendary train journey that spans a staggering 417 miles ...

Starting construction work on HS2 before enough design decisions were taken put all the project risk on the government-owned ...

The article “HS1 rail link was ‘poor value for money’, report finds” ( Report, July 7), rather missed the point, what was once a three-hour (yes, three hours) journey on a nicotine-stained 1950s ...

Great Western Railway’s battery train trial on the Greenford branch proves fast-charging tech can cut diesel use and emissions on UK branch lines.