A listed Victorian swimming pool, which has been shut for more than two years, is set to reopen later this month. The Health ...

There will be major changes to key rail routes in January. Network Rail is to carry out essential upgrades to overhead power ...

The North Filton station will serve the new Brabazon arena and housing development on the old Filton Airport site, and is due ...

A historic steam engine's anniversary has reignited plans to bring it back to its former glory. On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the General Steam Navigation Locomotive 35011 celebrated 81 years since ...

The Hunlet Newstead engine is known as ‘The Lost Engine’ and is now heading over to the South Devon Railway for the Winter Steam Gala, where ...

A blue plaque celebrating the life of the Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon. James 'Jim' Hurst, was appointed as the GWR's first locomotive shunter in 1837 ...

UK operator Network Rail has completed the £45m infrastructure upgrade project on the railway line between Swindon and Kemble. The project included the reinstatement of the second line between Swindon ...

A Swindon man who comes from generations of railway workers has described the 'great honour' he felt being chosen to meet the Queen. Great Western Railway worker Adrian Russell is the fifth generation ...

Watch three BBC West documentaries broadcast in the mid-1980s focussing on Swindon's Railway Works, prior and up to their closure in April 1986. The mid 1980s were a historic period in Swindon's ...

Swindon's railway links date back to 1843, with the opening of the Swindon Railway Works Swindon plans to submit a bid to become the "home" of Great British Railways (GBR), a new public body in charge ...

A working Steam Railway Based on the site of Blunsdon Station between Swindon and Cricklade, the line uses part of the trackbed of the former Midland + South Western Junction Railway. Today, visitors ...

Swindon BC has ambitious plans for town centre regeneration rooted in its historic role in Brunel’s Great Western Railway. Swindon BC has ambitious plans for town centre regeneration rooted in its ...