Beeching cuts25 Nov 2025'Our community and businesses need a rail link back'Fleetwood lost its main rail link in 1966, when the station closed as part of the Beeching Cuts.25 Nov 20255 Sep 2025Volunteers reclaiming much loved historic railwayThe Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) once transported coal, commuters and holidaymakers alike. 5 Sep 20256 Mar 2025Exhibition marks 60 years since final rail journeyThe display, telling the story of the Scarborough to Whitby line, features a 14ft model railway.6 Mar 202527 Dec 2024How volunteers are rebuilding a lost railwayVolunteers rebuilding the track at Shillingstone station hope to run passenger trains there in 2026.27 Dec 202428 Nov 2024Case made in Westminster for Witney railway lineAn Oxfordshire MP says rail investment is needed to cut car journeys between Oxford and Witney.28 Nov 202418 Oct 2024Strawberry Line gets 'missing link' bridgeThe new bridge means walkers and cyclists will not have to cross a busy road.18 Oct 20247 Aug 2024Former railway path upgrades inspired by historyA £2.9m upgrade to the Cinder Track could include a nod to trail's past as a railway along the coast.7 Aug 20244 Apr 2024Heritage railway celebrates 50th birthdayTrains began running at the Avon Valley Railway in Bitton, near Bristol, in 1974.4 Apr 202411 Feb 2024BBC Rewind: Aboard freight train on now-closed lineArchive footage shows the journey the train made through towns and villages in 1964.11 Feb 2024...
