But in its wake old railway lines and stations have become abandoned ... report by then head of British Rail, Richard Beeching, led to the closure of many stations in the 1960s. Now, many routes ...

One abandoned station has now been transformed into a hairdressers. Mistley Railway Station opened to the public for the first time back in 1854. After serving the community over the decades ...

It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations, sitting imposingly on the French-Spanish border - but then it fell into disrepair. Now ... after the French abandoned the train line ...

Weymouth Harbour tramway first opened in 1865 to link Weymouth railway station with the quayside A disused railway line at a Dorset seaside resort will be removed after plans won more than £1m in ...

Picture: Kevin Shaw The disused train line used to serve to the former Gravesend West railway station from Longfield but has not been in operation for more than 50 years. It is now used regularly ...