As well as the Scalextric Digital System, it will add digital controls for its Hornby train sets by next year. It has also introduced a steam engine range, which produces real steam and has plans for ...

Hornby shares jumped by a third today after it emerged that Sports Direct owner Frasers had built a near-9% stake in the model trains-to-planes firm. The investment by the FTSE 100 group builds on ...

Lack of rolling stock is a favourite excuse of UK rail operators when trains are late. A shortage of miniature equivalents at Hornby is responsible for a hold-up in the UK model maker’s latest ...

Hornby, the maker of model trains, has seen its shares build up a head of steam after a rare positive trading update. The Aim-listed company behind famous brands including Airfix and Scalextric ...

MODEL train maker Hornby has reported a surge in profits over the last year as mature collectors continued to buy up its ranges.

The names Scalextric and Hornby still evoke happy memories of singed plastic and multiple pile-ups after taking corners too fast ­ only slightly tinged by the frustration of not having the ...

Hornby had been a UK manufacturer, in miniature, for more than 90 years. Frank Hornby first patented his Meccano construction toy in 1901, and went on to produce his first clockwork train in 1920.

Harry Potter and the Simpsons have helped push up sales at model maker Hornby. The makers of model railways and Scalextric racing cars saw profits rise 45% to £5.4m in the last year. The figure was ...

A brand-new train set, featuring an LNER Azuma model, is set to launch. The set, from Hornby, represents a departure from the company's previous sets that had showcased the InterCity 125 model ...

Model railway maker Hornby has signalled its recovery is on track after curbing losses, but warned it had still not arrived at "a platform of profitability". The toy company indicated there is ...

HARRY Potter fans helped sales at model railway maker Hornby steam ahead over Christmas. Shoppers snapped up Hornby's Hogwarts Express set, modelled on the locomotive seen in the recent Harry ...

Hornby, a British-based model railways manufacturer, said sales from 1 October to 31 December were 5 per cent higher than during the same spell the previous year.