Japan is well known for its lightning-fast bullet trains. Now, it may also become a global pioneer in ultra-fast railway station construction. In a groundbreaking project, workers replaced a 75 ...

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is ...

Like other rural railway stations, its usage declined between 1987 and 2023. The Hatsushima station also serves as a gateway to Jinoshima, an uninhabitable island where locals go for just swimming ...

Volunteers bring the neglected Wingfield railway station, which opened in 1840, back to life. ... Derbyshire: Historic Grade II* rural railway station restored. 14 November 2023. Share Save.

And a rural station in the wilds of Powys is one of Britain’s least used. The figures reveal that more than 22.6 million passed through Birmingham New Street, putting it just behind Euston ...

Then, after the last train pulled away at 11:57 p.m., workers got busy building the new station. In less than six hours, the preprinted parts, made of a special mortar, were assembled.

Like so many rural railway stations, the early decades of the 20th century saw a fall in passenger numbers at Rowley, County Durham. After 1939 the station was only open to goods trains, and ...

The Severn Valley Railway's model railway exhibition. "I then re-named the lay-out after Roy and got it back out into the public perception. Hopefully it will go on for another 20 or 30 years." ...

With the Settle-Carlisle Railway being one of the few lines near the park, it is thought that most of the 2 per cent arrive this way. The FoSCL believes the railway could play a key role in a ...

One of the earliest surviving examples of a rural railway station has been restored to its former glory. Wingfield Station has been improved with £1.7m from the National Lottery. The Grade II ...