THE South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway opened on August 7, 1861, joining Barnard Castle with Tebay on the west coast mainline. It involved going over Stainmore summit, reaching 1,370ft above sea ...

A popular tourist town in Majorca is cracking down on visitors by launching a ban on hire cars. Soller council is introducing ...

Viaducts have a long history in railway engineering. The 1,000-foot Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland, famous for carrying the Hogwarts Express in the "Harry Potter" films, was built in the 1890s.

By the metric of length, most of the bridges that have ranked among the biggest ever built are located in Asia and were constructed after the year 2000.

Which famous building do you most dislike ... He has delivered everything from Apple stores to skyscrapers, bridges and viaducts, and most of us will have come into contact with his architecture at ...

Before seafaring and air travel took over, we had bridges to connect us all. In many ways, they’ve helped shape communities ...

It’s also famous for the tram ... through the countryside passing through orange groves, tunnels and along viaducts along the way. Article continues below The new plans come after complaints ...

FOR a bargain £25,000 you could own a magnificent piece of railway history: a derelict signal box that once controlled traffic over one of the most stupendous viaducts in the country. Or for £ ...

From towering mountains and serene fiords shrouded in mist, to black sand beaches and forests housing some of the world's ...

It shares the limelight with other spectacular train rides like Peru's Hiram Bingham line, famous for its trek towards ... clattering over castellated Victorian viaducts and through rustic ...