Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass; guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums; vocals; guitars and keyboards), Rikard Sjöblom (guitars and keyboards), Clare Lindley (violin; keyboards; guitars and vocals), Alberto Bravin (vocals; guitars; keyboards and drums), Oskar Holldorff (keyboards and vocals) and Paul Mitchell (trumpet, percussion). Until 2009, the band were active as a predominantly studio project led by Spawton and co-founder Andy Poole (bass; keyboards and guitars), who departed the band in 2018, with changing line-ups and guest musicians. They have released sixteen studio albums and six EPs.
After starting out as an independent band, Big Big Train were signed to Giant Electric Pea from 1993 to 1998 and distributed their releases through their own website. After their sixth album, The Underfall Yard, which received critical acclaim from the progressive rock community, a more stable line-up was established, and the band performed their first live concerts in 17 years at Kings Place, London, in August 2015. The gigs were voted Event of the Year by the readers of Prog magazine. Stone & Steel, a Blu-ray featuring the 2014 rehearsals at Real World Studios and four of the songs performed at Kings Place, was released on 21 March 2016. Big Big Train were the winners of the Breakthrough Award at the Progressive Music Awards held at Kew Gardens, London on 3 September 2013, and have been nominated in several other categories in recent years.
The band's latest studio album, Woodcut, was released in February 2026, as a follow-up to The Likes Of Us, released in March 2024.
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