5+ hour, 36+ min ago  (346+ words) My wife and I travel from London to Paris about four times a year. Q I often read about spare track capacity and that it should be opened up to allow more train operators to offer travel through the Channel…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (315+ words) RAIL signaller who "forgot" about an oncoming train before a horror crash was exhausted after having just four-and-a-half hours" sleep, a report has revealed. -ADAM DUTTON AND CHARLOTTE MOREAU This story is from the May 23, 2026 edition of Western Daily Press....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (559+ words) Death is the thread that runs through this collection suffused with despair. A couple on Konark beach in Orissa, 1977. The few stories in a comic vein provide some relief. Written between 1898 and 1945, many of these pieces explore the theme of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (537+ words) Yesterday morning, I booked a rail ticket from Derby to Nottingham, price "9. 50. As I am currently in London, I had no intention of taking the trip. And after I had made the imaginary half-hour journey, I cashed in the ticket…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (452+ words) Field Notes from Pahang Station master Mohd Akmal Jamal (left) handing a pouch containing a key token to the driver of an incoming train at Kuala Krau railway station in Pahang on Jan 24. It is part of a century-old train…...