Last Updated on April 23, 2026
Railways were born early in the Victorian era. It was an exciting, violent time, and even at the event inaugurating passenger services an accident led to the death of a participant. As the opponents of this new form of transport feared, such events were to become common in the early years, sudden death coming both to patrons of the railways and to those building them. The fashion in architecture duly reflected in station and other railway buildings, held the Gothic style in high regard which gave to the railways an atmosphere of gloomy romance which even survives in this age of diesel and electric motive power.
Strangely there have been few notable ghost stories written concerning
our
railways (apart from Dickens’ masterpiece, The Signalman). These tales deal with many different aspects of the supernatural, and the way that unworldly happenings affected railwaymen and passengers of different generations. The author, John Brooks, has also written Ghosts of the Cotswolds, and London Ghosts (two volumes) in this series, and has had a lifelong interest both in the supernatural and in railways.
This book forms part of a growing series which includes the following titles:
Scottish Ghost Stories
Strange Scottish Stories
Tales from Scottish Lairds Cornish Ghosts and Legends
Devon Ghosts
Ghosts of the Broads
Ghosts and Witches of the Cotswolds Ghosts of London (The East End, City and North)
Ghosts of London (The West End, South and West)
Jersey Witches, Ghosts and Traditions
Scottish Witches
This book was previously for sale at Margot’s Books. The shop is now closed — this post is kept as an archive record only.
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