Picture yourself on BART. Now subtract half a century of technology and add on-board dining, a ferry connection and windows that passengers could open to catch a breeze. The image forming in ...

one of the aspects of the GWR story that author Colin Maggs looks at in A History of the Great Western Railway (Amberley, £20). While the story has been exhaustively documented, Maggs's book ...

"It is the perfect opportunity to launch the Great Western Railway once again," said Mr Hopwood. "It's a new dawn for our railway and we're excited to be at the helm." Tim O'Toole, chief executive ...