A global vote has unveiled a shortlist of the UK's best-loved railway artwork to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway.

The public has now been invited to choose an outright winner to be announced on 9 June, the birthday of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Shortlisted artwork includes paintings by 14 artists ...

Robert Stephenson, son of George Stephenson, is regarded as one of the greatest engineers of all time. The Robert Stephenson statue being lowered into place at Locomotion Shildon (Image: HS2) He ...

Robert Stephenson, son of George Stephenson, is regarded as one of the greatest engineers of all time. He designed the pioneering Rocket locomotive and was the chief engineer for the London and ...

It played a significant role in the development of the railways and was where George Stephenson's Locomotion No1 was first put on the rails. The building was commissioned before the concept of a ...

RMS Locotec, the industrial railway specialist, has consolidated its leasing and maintenance operations, in Chesterfield, ...

The original 1836 station was part of the Whitby and Pickering Railway, engineered by George Stephenson. The Whitby and Pickering Railway was bought by the York and North Midland Railway Company ...

Locomotion Number 1, the first steam engine to pull a passenger train on a public railway, made its journey from Shildon to Darlington's award-winning Hopetown visitor attraction on Friday (March 27).

Chesterfield has a special reason to celebrate Railway 200 as George Stephenson, the 'Father of the Railways', is buried ...

Chesterfield will commemorate its role in the birth of the world’s railway system and connection to George Stephenson thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Derbyshire town’s ...