John Pelham Maitland was born in Croydon in 1890 to Anna and John T. a whiskey distiller and dealer. They lived with Anna’s wealthy parents in Croydon for some time. He was apprenticed to the railwa...

As a child Trevor used his pocket money to explore the rail network and, it’s not clear why, but in 1967 Trevor may have set a record for the most rail miles covered in two weeks when he travelled 1...

‘Jack’ Lisher was born in Houghton near Amberley in 1924 to Winifred and John Lisher, a railway signalman (whose father John was a railway porter, whose father John before him was also a railway p...

Barry was a signalman for 40 years. In 1972 he started his employment with British Rail as a Box Boy at Horsham, then a signalman jobs at Warnham and Crawley, becoming relief signalman at Horsham in 1...

We are thinking about all of those railway staff who have to keep the trains running in this heat spike and of passengers who hopefully have got their water with them to keep cool. Even more reason to...

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On the 4th June, we celebrated the 169th birthday of Ascot Railway Station as part of Railway 200. Ascot was opened on 4th June 1856 and is now a very busy station serving the local community, commute...

‘Train Landscape’ by artist Eric Ravilious has been named as the best-loved railway artwork in the UK. The watercolour was painted in 1940 and shows the chalk white horse of Westbury, Wiltshire, v...

The Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP) Education Service achieved national recognition for its educational visits and has been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badg...