It's Christmas Eve in the 1950s and a lone railway worker is walking on night patrol near Ambergate when he is struck by how silent the night is compared to normal - no wind, no hum from the telegraph ...

It’s a surprise nowadays to drive a car that isn’t, in some way, electrified. Whether it’s a relatively basic hatchback with mild-hybrid tech or a supercar with a socket, most headline debuts have the ...

A train station in Essex boasts the UK's longest platform - and takes around ten minutes to walk along. The platform, at Colchester Railway Station, extends a whopping 620 metres, according to British ...

One of Britain’s most significant train timetable changes since the ill-fated May 2018 revamp comes into effect on Sunday. For Londoners, this means more trains out of King’s Cross, quicker journeys ...

07:26, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 Updated: 07:26, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois joined hundreds of trainspotters who bagged sell-out tickets to bid farewell to one of the UK's most ...

Proposals for a fresh high-speed rail link connecting Britain and Germany could make future festive market getaways simpler than ever before. At present, Brits hoping to reach Cologne or Frankfurt via ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The year 1975 was significant for a lots of reasons. It saw the fall of Saigon (marking the end of the Vietnam War), Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the Conservatives, and Steven Spielberg's ...

Joanna Lumley looks amazingly spooky in a first look at the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room In The Tower, and she's worlds away from her glam Amandaland role which will be airing the ...