In mid-Victorian times when the Great Western struck out west from Paddington, Brunel’s mission purportedly was to link Bristol with New York. Despite the company’s ...

Introduction

In the 90 odd years since Southern Railway’s Atlantic Coast Express (known simply as the ACE) first debuted at Waterloo station at 11.00am on ...

Morning Departure at Paddington for Cornwall

The ‘Cornish Riviera’ was a long-established premier West Country service dating from early years of 20th century that ran ...

The North Sea Crossings

The southern part of the North Sea was always an extremely important trade crossing between Britain and the Continent. Harwich since ...

Introduction

Channel ports had been linked by rail on both sides of the water since the 1840s but a journey between London and Paris would ...

All Aboard the Night Ferry

Few luxury trains evoke such passions as the Night Ferry – a train service that linked London and Paris and ...