Michael Williams – Page 5 – 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’.

An anniversary tribute to the heroes and heroines of the railway

May 3, 2025

ON this VE anniversary weekend, I am thinking of the heroes and heroines who I interviewed for my book on the crucial role Britain’s railways played in winning the war. Selfless, modest folk – the like of whom we shall not see again. (If you are interested, the book is published by Penguin Random House and available for Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops.)