"It was built BY trains." 'Astonishing' photos of massive abandoned train station spark discussion: 'Erasing history one lane ...

This year marks 200 years of the modern railway, and to celebrate we are looking back at old photos from the early days of train travel.

Bridport Station looking northward, towards Maiden Newton (Image: Ben Brooksbank) The Bridport branch was earmarked for closure in the Beeching Report. Bridport station was unstaffed from October 6 ...

It broadcast images of happy passengers by the entrance and at the destination, but not of the station's vast damage. Syria’s railway never returned to its former prosperity under Assad ...