Scott’s mum and dad were crossing keepers at a station so his Great Rail Tale began long before he was born. Day to day and family revolved around the timetable and life at the station they called home for 40 years. By 10 years old, Scott was volunteering at the station and jumping on the trains to go up and down the line with the drivers.

Today Scott is a station adopter at his “home” station keeping the legacy of the station and his family connection to the rails.

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Recently retired Alistair Johnson describes historical links between the railway and abolition of the slave trade.

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Father and son, Mike and Andrew Lamport are just the latest generation of Lamports to be working on the UK rail network. Their family’s connection however to the rails can be traced back to 1846 when Mike Great Great Grandfather became a guard at Waterloo.

Can you trace your family connection to the railways further back than Mike and Andrew?

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Vice President of Middleton Railway Trust, Ian Smith explains how the railway standardised time across the country. From Kent to Kendal, from Penzance to Perth railway time bought the entire network and nation together to operate smoothly and in synchronicity wherever you were.

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A lifelong passion for the railways led Adam to develop his career on the network. Today he is the founder of the Neurodiversity in Transport network and in 2024 was the Young Rail Professionals Volunteer of the year.

As a systems support manager he has developed a model profile of every tunnel in the UK that examines the acoustic characteristics of each tunnel. But why is this important? For people who may find tunnels distressing this exact profile of the tunnel can be shared with them before the train enters it. So loud bangs, pops and surges of air which some people may find distressing can be prepared for.

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Railway Mission Chaplain Andrew shares some of the more amusing encounters of his life and career providing support to railway industry staff who are going through difficult times.

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Railway Mission Chaplain to Northeast England, Helen has spent the last decade providing a listening ear to railway staff at stations from Berwick to Thirsk, from Carlisle to Whitby. Every day is different and the surprises are varied, for Helen though it is giving her support and care to those that need it that drives her on.

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Award winning journalist, broadcaster and author Ash Bhardwaj shares his lifelong passion for the railways. It all started when he was a young boy, travelling through India with his family, a multi-sensory journey of discovery through his father’s homeland. Railways, Ash believes, give you access to culture and conversation like no other form of transport and his journeys by rail across the globe have given a rich insight into people and places.

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