For more than 200 years, public train services have changed the way Britons travel, whether that be for a daily commute or a travel experience. Some of the oldest,and most scenic railway routes are ...

Leading luxury tour provider Great Rail Journeys, parent company of Vacations By Rail, announced it has been acquired by UK-based private entity firm, Vitruvian Partners. The acquisition will see the ...

Great Rail Journeys, one of the UK’s premier providers of escorted holidays and river cruises, is expanding its product offer with the introduction of a brand new Escorted Walking tours collection.

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the winners of the First of a Kind (FOAK) competition. Credit: “TheOtherKev”. On 2 July, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the winners of the ...

People hoping to use the trains this week have been warning to travel ‘only if essential’ as a fresh heatwave hit the UK. South-east England officially met the heatwave criteria on Monday evening, ...

Two thirds of people would consider taking a train between cities rather than flying, with passengers saving an average of ...

Last month’s announcement that the government will scrap phase two of the HS2 rail project, set to run from the West Midlands to Manchester, felt like another nail in the coffin for Britain’s ...

GRJ was founded in York, England GRJ is focused on rail tours for UK travellers in the UK and around Europe Duke Street acquired the company back in 2018 Vitruvian Partners has acquired Great Rail ...

In light of climate change, flygskam (Swedish for flight shame) and the ease of arriving at a city-centre train station instead of the hassle of a far-flung airport, the world is all aboard for train ...

With its dramatic moors, mountains, seashores and lochs, Scotland is one of the most scenic countries in the world for train journeys. But the country’s journey to rail titan had a modest start: the ...