Last update 12 November 2024
These external links are simply those of interest to the editor; it is hoped that they are to you, too. There is no relevance to the order, nor is there necessarily any endorsement of any sites. Further links will follow whenever something is found that may interest this site's readers.
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society(publisher of the Railway Observer)
Branchline Society(publisher of Branch Line News)
Railway & Canal Historical Society(publisher of RCHS Journal and specialist books)
North Eastern Railway Association
St Albans South Signal Box Preservation Trust
London & North Western Railway Society(direct link to telegraph code pages)
200 years of railway stations(online atlas, hosted by Trackmaps)
Rail Atlas(online atlas, covers most of Europe)
Rail Map Online(another online atlas, covers UK, Ireland and western USA, also canals)
Rail Signs(any sign you might want to know about, past or present)
Kent Rail(articles about Kentish railway history)
The Signal Box(anything and everything to do with mechanical signalling)
British Power Signalling Register(power signalling interlocking details)
Forgotten Relics(all about disused railway assets)
Passenger Services over Unusual Lines (PSUL)(how to travel over those rare curves and links: scheduled services)
Gensheet(how to travel over those rare curves and links: diverted services)
Communications Museum Trust(all things telecommunications: railway communications to appear in due course)
Guide to the history of Monmouth's railways
Overhead Line Electrification for Railways(download a guide of everything you ever wanted to know about OLE)
ERTMS(European Rail Traffic Management System)
Trackmaps(track diagrams)
Barry Doe(independent consultant; site covers bus and train timetables)
Iain Ellis(Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia)
Royal British Legion Industries/ Britain's Bravest Manufacturing Co(Britain's foremost railway sign manufacturer, and doing good at the same time!)
TfL WebCAT (Web-based Connectivity Assessment Toolkit)
Transport Focus(National rail passenger survey)
Croydon Tramlink unofficial site
Urban Rail(worldwide tram systems)
The Trams(devoted to trams and light rail in the UK; not to be confused with…)
The Tram(Nottingham tram expansion pressure group)
Creative Review(article illustrating Railtrack's Major Station symbols) site now requires free registration to read full article
Railways Archive(accident reports aplenty, plus other defining legislation and reports)
RailUK Forums(discuss all things railway)