All news on the topic: British Rail

Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of

Railway bosses who own the UK's 'rolling stock' have existed since the Tories' controversial privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s – but is this system really working for every day Brits?

Last year, 125 boozers stopped doing live music – half of them closing altogether, citing soaring costs. - but there is still a huge appetite for live music

'The dispute is not over but we have made sufficient progress to suspend the action next week' said Mick Lynch, general secretary of RMT

Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet were jailed in 1977 for robbing the British Rail depot and protested their innocence to their graves, as the Court of Appeal today overturned their convictions

Northern Rail says it has been playing composers such as Bach and Beethoven in railway stations and has already seen a dramatic fall in anti-social behaviour