If you want to see Wales' remarkable scenery at a more leisurely pace, there are several scenic train rides you can take where you can see the best of Wales, on rails. Many of them are vintage steam ...

A 106-year-old steam locomotive that has worked across three continents has been restored to haul heritage trains in Gwynedd. The narrow gauge tank engine was built by the Baldwin locomotive company ...

More than 150 heritage steam railways in the UK are facing a potential "critical" shortage of coal, prompting some services to be cancelled or postponed as supplies dwindle. The issue has arisen after ...

Residents are up in arms over the thick, acrid smoke billowing from the steam trains of the Welsh Highland Railway which they argue is infiltrating their homes and seriously endangering their health.

Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, steeped in 200 years of history and representing one of the oldest railway lines in the world, faced up to a very 21st century problem when it committed to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Many of the UK’s tourist rail operators are in the rare position of hoping for damp weather after an unusually ...