One of the destroyed box cars, pictured where it came to rest in the tunnel. Credit: SBB. The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) published its preliminary report into the Gotthard ...

The complex and demanding railway transportation sector requires computer hardware and software that is secure, durable and offers high performance. Many of the currently evolving technologies in the ...

Enclosed railway stations hosting diesel trains pose a risk to passengers and workers as exhaust emissions reduce air quality, according to an independent study by the University of Cambridge, ...

The recent derailment of a Frecciarossa train showed high-speed lines are not infallible. Credit: Sabas88 (via Wikimedia Commons). On 6 February, the sun was yet to come out at Milan’s Centrale rail ...

London Underground has 270 stations spread across 11 lines. Originally opened between Paddington and Farringdon Street in 1863, the London Underground in the UK is the oldest metro in Europe and the ...

New York MTA Subway train. Credit: Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock.com. New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved a contract valued at $1.507bn for the purchase of ...

Sewage from train toilets continues to be emptied onto certain railway lines in the UK, despite vows by authorities to stop this practice. A House of Commons briefing paper from 2017 estimated that ...

HyOrc and ZELTECH intend to establish a JV dedicated to developing hydrogen and multi-fuel locomotive repower systems for operators throughout the US. Credit: Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock.com.

The contract covers maintenance for a ten-year lease, with the trains to be built by Hitachi in County Durham. Credit: Hitachi Rail Limited. Britain’s FirstGroup has finalised a £500m ($636.8m) ...

High-speed railways combine both speed and efficiency. From the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to the French TGV, high-speed trains have a history that spans several decades. The evolution of ...

Employing smart station concepts, St Pancras International’s shopping centre, restaurants and a hotel have essentially formulated a ‘mini-city’ within a city. Credit: St Pancras International. Smart ...

In the late 1990s, China was facing a huge increase in capacity demands, which forced it to invest in making its transport network faster and more efficient. Early improvements to its existing railway ...