Transport: general interest

The British bus industry was ill-prepared for the Second World War.

Located close to the Ellesmere Colliery, the Walkden Yard ultimately became the NCB Central Workshops for Lancashire.

2014 marks the ninetieth anniversary of Safeguard, which has been in business from the mid-1920s.

HCB-ANGUS produced some 6,500 fire engines in their factory at Totton, Southampton, for fire services all around the world, and for many UK Brigades.

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First published in 1889 and never out of print, Jerome K Jerome's classic of humorous literature continues to delight new generations of readers.

The land around Turnhouse Farm was converted to a military airfield in 1916 following a Zeppelin attack on Edinburgh.

How many of us grew up saying they wanted to be a bus driver?

The north-east of England and the Middlesbrough area are the birthplace and cradle of modern railways.

The fishing industry has always played an important part in Ireland's history.

The Leeds Tramways Company was authorised to construct tramway lines in Leeds in 1871 under the Leeds Tramways Order, with the first route opening on 16 September of that year and running from Boar Lane to the Oak Inn at Headingley.

Highland Omnibuses was founded in 1952 as part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group that operated services throughout Scotland.

From the 1890s, the German shipping lines had begun to build the fastest and most luxurious liners.

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing.

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing.

For over 150 years, pleasure steamers and paddle steamers operated on day trips from the Yorkshire coastal resorts, sailing from Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington up and down the coast, giving the day tripper a taste of life aboard in exchange for a few shillings.

The fishing industry has always been important to Britain.

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid- 1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing.

Since the dawn of steam navigation, people have taken pleasure cruises in Britain's rivers and estuaries and along the coast.

Embassy, Consul, Monarch and Emperor of India were just some of the well-loved paddle steamers operated by Cosens of Weymouth along the scenic Dorset coast before services ceased when Embassy was withdrawn in 1966.

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing.

As the twentieth century got underway, the competition between the three greatest passenger lines in the history of the North Atlantic produced three trios of wonder ships.

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brandnew, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.

For hundreds of years the design of fishing boats has followed traditional methods.

Based in Idle, near Bradford, the Jowett car was the result of two brothers' engineering skills.

In 2010, the world's oldest steamship line celebrated its 180th anniversary.

The Kyle of Lochalsh Line was opened in 1870 to connect the ferry terminus at Stromeferry on Scotland's west coast with Dingwall and Inverness on the east coast.

The Border Counties Railway ran from the old railway village of Riccarton Junction on the Waverley Route across the Border and through Northumberland to Hexham.

The railway came to Peebles in July 1855.

At the turn of the twentieth century, new laws introduced paid holidays for the masses and the seaside towns of Scotland saw a huge influx of visitors.

Flying boats have been a familiar sight in the Solent since the dawn of aviation.

The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.

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On one of his extensive trips in England, he saw no less than 2218 locomotives in three days - a feat present day enthusiasts are unable to perform.

Stronghold of the Romans, and later the Vikings, York was to become the powerbase of the infamous 'Railway King', George Hudson, whose empire would eventually extend from the far north of England to the south and south-west.

The branch lines of Dorset, shared almost equally between the GWR and LSWR, varied from lightly built, rural railways carrying a low volume of traffic, to the Swanage branch, which at times carried main line express locomotives.

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, the Titanic, on her maiden voyage, sailed into history.

The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway originated during the 'Railway Mania' years of the mid-1840s, when ambitious landowners and industrialists conceived the idea of a main line link between London and the West Midlands industrial areas.

The Witney Railway was opened from Yarnton Junction to Witney in 1861.

Stretching from Lundin Links on the north shore of the Firth of Forth around the coast to the southern shore of the Firth of Tay, North-East Fife is a largely rural area.

David Harvey takes us on a journey on the second longest bus route that was initiated by Birmingham Corporation.

The year 2014 marks the bicentenary of Pembroke Dock.

Teach Yourself - the world's leading learning brand - is relaunched in 2010 as a multi-platform experience that will keep you motivated to achieve your goals.

Teach Yourself - the world's leading learning brand - is relaunched in 2010 as a multi-platform experience that will keep you motivated to achieve your goals.

For over a decade, renowned travel journalist, bestselling author, and TV host Robin Esrock scoured the globe in search of one-of-a-kind, bucket list-worthy experiences.

'Many years ago, I decided to write a book about the Rideau Canal.

The Moselle has been one of the main arteries of European Communication and transportation for centuries.

Between 1460 and 1540 the development of merchant shipping was of vital importance to the growth of England as a European power.

Journalists and poets, economists and political historians, have told the story of Canada’s railways, but their accounts pay little attention to the workers who built them.

From the portage trails snaking their way through the wilderness to superhighways carrying the raw materials and produce of an industrial nation, Canada's roads have had a romantic but long-neglected history.