In some respects, Dorothy was right - there really is no place like home.

This March 8th, in honour of National Women's Day, we are celebrating the role women have played over the generations in the creation and maintenance of our railways.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewis hapus pawb! And, a Happy St David’s Day to all of our non-Welsh speaking readers!

Wales’ national identity is a magnificent tapestry woven from years of diverse history and mystical legends.

The home of Arthurian legend, land of poetry and song and nation of magnificent landscapes made up of noble mountains, spectacular coastline and pretty towns, Wales has it all.

The history of the railway is fascinating, stretching from ancient Greece to modern Japan, with many twists and turns along the way.

Britain is an island made for railway journeys. As a long standing emblem of Britain’s powerful industrial past the railway has endured, and despite the 1963 Beeching Report, or ‘Beeching’s Axe’ - has in the last decade entered a new renaissance.