Tim Dunn’s The Architecture the Railways Built is back for a second series – and heading straight to the spectacular Wemyss Bay station. Watch the new series from 8pm on Tuesday 19 January on Yesterday. In the first episode, railway historian and presenter Tim visits the architectural gem of Wemyss Bay on the West coast of Scotland. … Continued
Signal boxes are some of the best-loved icons of Britain’s historic railways. These trackside wooden huts became home to centralised signalling operations more than 130 years ago. You can still spot them dotted around the railway today. In fact, the world’s biggest working mechanical signal box is still Severn Bridge Junction at Shrewsbury railway station … Continued
Our railway offers a wealth of striking journeys – as seen in the new series The Architecture the Railways Built. Here are our top five places to visit as we welcome everyone back to the railway: The Ffestiniog Railway It’s almost 200 years old, climbs more than 700 feet from sea level into the Welsh … Continued
Growing up in Metro-land – the leafy suburbia served by the London Underground’s Metropolitan line – Tim Dunn’s track as one of our best-known railway historians had already been laid. His grandparents met as schoolchildren waving to one another across platforms of the Metropolitan line – the same route his parents would meet on years … Continued