The Railway Magazine

  •  January 2025

     January 2025

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new January issue is out now!

  • How a former railway tunnel became the world’s longest indoor vehicle test track

    How a former railway tunnel became the world’s longest indoor vehicle test track

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    Nick Pigott visits a former Great Central Railway tunnel that has been repurposed as the world’s longest indoor vehicle test track.

  •  December 2024

     December 2024

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new December issue is out now!

  •  November 2024

     November 2024

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new November issue is out now!

  • October 2024

    October 2024

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     The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new October issue is out now!

  • Real-time thriller Nightsleeper available today

    Real-time thriller Nightsleeper available today

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    Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London) lead the cast of Nightsleeper, written by BAFTA award-winning writer Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different) and made my Fremantle’s Euston Films for the BBC. Nightsleeper is a real-time thriller for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Created by BAFTA-winning writer Nick Leather,…

  • Riviera Trains sell carriage fleet to West Coast Railways

    Riviera Trains sell carriage fleet to West Coast Railways

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    Riviera Trains has announced today (13th September) that it has entered into a rolling stock sale agreement with Carnforth-based West Coast Railway Company (WCRC). The sale covers approximately 60 coaches, including both of the operational and CDL-fitted ‘blue and grey’-liveried Mark 2 fleets that are extensively used by a wide number of railtour promoters. It…

  • September 2024

    September 2024

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new September issue is out now!

  • A visit to Didcot Railway Centre

    A visit to Didcot Railway Centre

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    Gareth Evans visits Didcot Railway Centre and learns about the latest motive power developments at the Oxfordshirehome of the Great Western Society.

  • August 2024

    August 2024

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     The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new August issue is out now! This time… Darlington revamped The relaunched Hopetown museum celebrates the history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, as Paul Bickerdyke reports. The one that got away! New pictures have emerged of the fate…


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