Tag Archives: stations

Camping coach holidays

Camping coach holidays

I am undertaking some research into railway camping coach holidays taken before World War II. During the 1930s the major railway companies took old carriages out of service, converted them into holida ...
Whatever has happened to British Rail?

Whatever has happened to British Rail?

Having been brought up in a village in the wilds of Dorset the prospect of a train journey was exciting.  I was at school when Dr Beeching’s axe fell on hundreds of railway lines and stations and cons ...