Train service

As early as 1925 the London & North Eastern Railway were cannily marketing both the locomotive Flying Scotsman (4472) and the named train service - it certainly probably was a contender for the confident assumption that it was the most famous train in the world. The cover artwork is very potent - worked up by Harry Gawthorn, a well-known commercial artist who also did many posters for the company.

TransPennine Express (TPE) has shared an exclusive image of the first carriage from the second fleet of its brand new trains. The ultramodern trains will operate on routes across the North West and into Scotland

We go on board the new Eurostar -- the latest train running under the sea between England, France and beyond.

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Timetables, fares, information & how to buy tickets for the First Great Western 'Night Riviera' sleeper train service between London & Penzance, Plymouth, St Ives, Truro, Falmouth and other destinations in Cornwall. Also connections from Penzance to the Scilly Isles, Penzance to Land's End & St Austell to the Eden Project.

View the list of Amtrak routes to explore stations, popular stops, schedule highlights and travel tips.

High quality photograph of Great Central Railway Steam 4-6-0 # 6990 at Loughborough, United Kingdom.

The crew of standard 4MT 76079 prepare to return to shed having brought in a late afternoon service from Whitby to Grosmont. Although the diesels held sway over the NYMR route the Whitby/Grosmont 'mainline' trains were operated by steam top and tailing with the railways Network Rail certified class 25 D7628.

In the week that Britain's high speed rail link closed down because the wrong sort of snow fell, China unveiled the world's fastest train service.