Queen Victoria commissioned a special pair of coaches built by the London & North Western Railway in 1869 and so began a succession of ...

A Royal Mail rail service travelling from Glasgow to London was the scene of The Great Train Robbery. A gang of 15 robbers boarded a Royal Mail train in August 1963 and stole about £2.6million ...

The Sovereign Grant is funded by the taxpayer in exchange for the King’s surrender of the revenue from the Crown Estate.

The Royal Mail has sounded the death knell for the mail train after 170 years. The move could threaten 500 rail jobs as post will be transported by road and air only in a cost-cutting bid ...

Royal Mail is set to ditch its ageing train fleet amid sweeping changes spearheaded by the postal giant. On Wednesday, the company announced that its nearly 30-year-old cargo trains are coming to ...

Royal Mail will ditch its own fleet of trains as part of major changes to how it delivers post.. The postal service said on Wednesday that its almost 30-year-old freight trains are at the end of ...

A ROYAL Mail train heading to Scotland was boarded by two teens in a suspected robbery attempt after they allegedly tampered with the signalling system. Officers were called to the line at ...

Royal Mail has said a "super hub" for parcels at a rail freight terminal will continue to operate even though the company is scrapping its trains. Its statement came in response to a question ...

Royal Mail to ditch train fleet as part of major shake-up to delivering post. The postal service said its almost 30-year-old freight trains are at the end of their operational lives.