Former Buckingham Palace butler, 63, lands two job interviews by handing out CVs at railway station

A former butler at Buckingham Palace has landed two job interviews after donning his best suit to hand out CVs at a railway station. Trevor Walford, 63, lost his job as a restaurant manager in Keighley, West Yorkshire, during lockdown.  After spending months at home being knocked-back for jobs, the former hotel worker took his … Read more

‘At least’ one person is seriously injured after an ‘explosion’ near a railway station

Burger van explodes injuring two people outside a Suffolk pub Police attended Stowmarket Railway Station tonight after reports of explosion  Trains unable to pull in to the station’s platforms and services will ride through  Suffolk Today reported a burger van, which was operating from behind the King’s Arms pub, is thought to have been involved … Read more

‘At least’ one person is seriously injured after an ‘explosion’ near a railway station

‘At least’ one person is seriously injured and trains are unable to stop after an ‘explosion’ near a railway station By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline Published: 21:28 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:41 BST, 22 August 2020 At least one person has been seriously injured and trains are unable to stop at the platform … Read more

Fascinating We’re The Russos footage from a trip on the world’s highest railway in Tibet 

‘The landscape looked like the moon.’ That’s how traveller Joe Russo described the breathtaking scenery he saw from the train he rode with his wife, Kait, along the world’s highest railway from Xining in China to Lhasa in Tibet, which has a peak elevation of 16,627ft (5,067 metres). It’s a unique journey – so high … Read more

Message in a bottle left by Nazi slave workers is discovered behind a wall in Polish railway station

‘Whoever finds this will remember Hitler’s war against humanity’: Message in a bottle left by Nazi slave workers is discovered hidden behind a wall in Polish railway station The letter was found behind a wall by builders in town of Nowe Skalmierzyce  During WWII the central Poland town, was encompassed in Hitler’s Third Reich Letter was … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Police make checks at Leicester railway station

Police carry out spot checks on ‘Leicester lepers’ arriving at city’s railway station as locked-down residents in Covid-hit city are banned from holiday parks, campsites and hotels By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 16:34 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 17:03 BST, 3 July 2020 British transport police are carrying out checks at Leicester train … Read more

Photos of HS2 railway line’s 2000-tonne tunnel boring machines

Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more

First pictures of HS2 railway line’s tunnel boring machines revealed

Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more

India goes into lockdown with the railway network grinding to a halt and 14-hour curfew imposed

India goes into lockdown with the railway network grinding to a halt and 14-hour curfew imposed in a desperate bid to slow the spread of coronavirus as death toll hits seven Domestic flights were grounded and incoming international flights are banned Streets in capital New Delhi and financial hub of Mumbai were mostly deserted  Indian … Read more