Michael Williams – Page 10 – Railway & Travel writer

Michael Williams:
author & journalist

Michael is a journalist, academic and author – writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and the media. He is also a travel writer, having covered the world for a variety of publications. Read more…

The Trains
Now Departed

Michael Williams’s most recent book The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen excursions into the lost delights of Britain’s railways is published by Arrow Books. Find out more about Michael’s other books, including ‘On the Slow Train’, ‘On the Slow Train Again’ and ‘Steaming to Victory’.

How we took an 800-mile trip from Euston to King’s Cross

January 12, 2025

IT’S AROUND 800 metres to walk between our local terminus stations Euston and King’s Cross. Yesterday my son Edmund and I went the long way, round travelling 800 miles via Edinburgh where we had a splendid lunch. We travelled behind vintage electric locomotive No 87 002 “Royal Sovereign”, a superb British-engineered machine designed for fast Anglo-Scottish services and the last one left in operative condition. It was a wonderful day out, with the snow-covered Cumbrian fells sparkling in the sunshine. […]