Rail companies, Network Rail and the government will all be lobbied by Swindon Borough Council to bring in a daily direct service between Oxford and Swindon.

UK rail infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has reopened the bridge over the railway at Stratton Green, following completion of work to prepare it for electrification and for operating a new ...

More than 300 listed Victorian workers’ cottages, now in use as council housing can be upgraded to be warmer and more energy efficient.

That’s why local leaders in west England are calling for a permanent direct daily service between Swindon and Oxford. Right ...

UK operator Network Rail has completed the £45m infrastructure upgrade project on the railway line between Swindon and Kemble. The project included the reinstatement of the second line between Swindon ...

A Swindon man who comes from generations of railway workers has described the 'great honour' he felt being chosen to meet the Queen. Great Western Railway worker Adrian Russell is the fifth generation ...

Swindon Station has seen a further fall in its rankings, with only 30 per cent of services on time. In November last year, the Adver reported that Swindon Station was ranked ‘one of the worst in the ...

A blue plaque celebrating the life of the Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon. James 'Jim' Hurst, was appointed as the GWR's first locomotive shunter in 1837 ...

A historic steam engine with decades of history was left without a home when it was forced to leave Swindon - here's what ...

The plaque has been placed on the last house James Hurst lived in A blue plaque celebrating the life of the Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon. James 'Jim' ...