British Railways

A TransPennine Express train pictured in 2019. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Will nationalisation put an end to Britain’s rail woes? - Yorkshire Post Letters

Britannia at Goathland Station

North Yorkshire Moors Railway to open in February half-term for the first time

Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester last week.

Minister defends 'unambiguous' Northern transport plans

The Dame Vera Lynn Steam Train courtesy of NYMR

North Yorkshire Moors Railway to convert steam locomotive to run on oil

Early members' only steam gala at Goathland in June 1970.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway: 17 photos of Yorkshire stations through the years

Sir Nigel Gresley is coming to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway to run hop-on hop-off visits of Sir Nigel Gresley

Grosmont Station. (Pic credit: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

North Yorkshire Moors Railway: History of the Yorkshire railway line

Sir Ed Davey and York council leader Keith Aspden

How much York Council spent on unsuccessful bid for new railway HQ

Tracsis is based in Leeds

Leeds-based Tracsis will continue to pursue organic and acquisitive growth

York Central MP Rachael Maskell reacted with anger at the leaked announcement.

York leaders hit out at Derby Great British Railways decision

Transport Secretary Mark Harper

Transport Secretary Mark Harper promises ‘major reform' to fix ‘broken’ railways

Transport Secretary Mark Harper (left) and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove leaves Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting

GBR HQ delayed until next year

Doncaster, along with York, is one of six locations vying to host GBR.

GBR HQ delay is representative of transport confusion - The YP says

Doncaster is one of six locations that are in the running to host GBR.

Doncaster can play a key role in reinvigorating the rail system - Ros Jones

Anne-Marie Trevelyan says her department is now pitching for “a narrow Bill around the future of transport technologies, the legislation around things like e-scooters”. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Delay to GBR shows indecision has gripped the Government - The YP says

Mr Shapps had led plans which would replace the UK’s rail franchise model, and modernise its ticketing system before being sacked by Liz Truss earlier this year.

Great British Railways delayed until spring

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps (left) and journalist Michael Portillo have been urging towns and cities to make the case for why they should host the new headquarters of Great British Railways.

Great British Railways: Government urged to set up new headquarters in the North

Empty rail lines between Leeds and York.

Rail strikes a defence against Government’s attack on living standards - Yorkshi...

Dame Rosie Winterton, MP for Doncaster Central, says there has been support for the railways headquarters in Doncaster.

Why Doncaster is best place for railways HQ - Yorkshire Post Letters

Sir Ed Davey MP, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat party, visiting York for a party conference and the National Railway Museum joined by York Council Liberal Democrat Leader Keith Aspden to express their support for York's Great British Rail HQ bid. Picture: James Hardisty

Ed Davey backs York's bid to become Great British Railways headquarters

The Flying Scotsman is synonymous with Doncaster which is bidding to be the new HQ of Great British Railways,.

Move Great British Railways to Doncaster – Dan Fell

ACROSS Britain, towns and cities are bidding to be the home of Great British Railways (GBR), the new body that will run the country’s rail network.

Dan Fell

The government announced a competition to decide the location of the new HQ last month.

Great British Rail Off: Wakefield enters bid to become new trains HQ

Should York be the new home of Great British Railways? Photo: Gary Longbottom.

Doncaster should be Great British Railways base – Yorkshire Post Letters

Should York be the new HQ of Great British Railways? York Outer MP Julian Sturdy has made the case in Parliament.

York’s case to be Great British Railways HQ – Julian Sturdy

Tracsis said it is well positioned to benefit from the strategic direction outlined for the UK rail industry

Return of festivals and events will boost Tracsis

Should Bradford become the headquarters for Great British Railways when it is launched in 2023 and ensure the delivery of Northern Powerhouse Rail?

Bradford and not York should be Great British Railways HQ – The Yorkshire Post s...

Transport secretary Grant Shapps

Construction on final leg of HS2 could be brought forward 'dramatically'

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a new shake-up of the railways.

Why ‘levelling up’ has no clear definition – Yorkshire Post Letters

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced his rail reforms.

How Great British Railways will get North’s train services back on track – Grant...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates between Pickering and Whiby.

Beeching rail cuts in Yorkshire demand fresh perspective – Yorkshire Post Letter...

Rail Minister Andrew Jones at Leeds station with a Pacer train.

Minister offers to give away Pacer trains to community groups

L to r... Volunteer Director of the Yorkshire Wold Railway Phil Robson, volunteer John Lidster (corr) and Martyn Jones The Volunteer Operations Director on board 'Sir Tatton Sykes' an Industrial Diesel Engine on the Yorkshire Wolds Railway near Fimber.

Getting rail line back on track

Rural railway lines weren’t all slayed by Doctor Beeching’s axe wielded as a result of his report in 1963 into the restructuring of British Railways

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Sir Vincent Raven

Can you help in search for relatives of railway engineer Sir Vincent Raven - get...

More money is needed to help preserve the future of the railway

Ad Feature Appeal launched to keep railway on the right track

Train Enthusiasts Peter Keating and Margaret Burrows on the platform at Keighley Station. Picture by Simon Hulme

Half a century on, opening special re-runs on steam line

Commuters trying to board a packed Northern Rail train

Andrew Vine: Why the time has come to renationalise our railways

Meet the volunteers of the scenic Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Watch Flying Scotsman and Tornado visit historic railway roundhouse

Last Deltic run at Doncaster January 1982

Nostalgia on Tuesday: The Deltic story

The LMS Black Five 44806 steam train visits Pickering Station. Picture: Richard Ponter

Across the moors to Whitby, a revamp for a classic rail route

PIC: Tony Johnson

All steamed up for a wallow in railway nostalgia

The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam Hull Drapers yard 1965

Steam's Last Bow

221st May 2013. Leeds Arena car parking in Leeds. Buses on Wade Lane.

Jayne Dowle: Have we learned nothing from Beeching's legacy?

Bittern, a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 steam locomotive, makes its way out of Goathland towards Pickering on the North York Moors Railway

Full-steam ahead for line which survived Beeching

The 75078 runs on the KWVR to Oxenhope

Retro video: 1950s loco back in steam on Keighley line

Heritage railway pays tribute to
founder member who died at 91

Kenneth Brown

Kenneth Brown

Redevelopment of Kirkgate Station, Wakefield

Tony Lodge: Rail competition is finally delivering as passenger demand hits new ...

Restoration set to begin on Prime Minster’s locomotive

All aboard – historic locomotive to pull steam lovers on scenic Yorkshire route

First stop for new railway attraction

Full steam ahead

Steam festival is landmark for railway

Double take at museum for engine with distinctive look

Heritage railway wins award for bridge rebuild

Revamp for loco that had role in Churchill's sad last journey

Between the lines: railways get back on track with poetry

Locomotives make their stamp on history

New arrival on Moors railway

The boat now standing on platform one... VIDEO