It’s been more than two centuries since Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick showed off his railway invention in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil, changing the world in the process. By ...

The framework seeks to modernise outdated systems that have been in use since the 1980s. Credit: Irish Rail Enterprise on Boyne Viaduct Jason Martin CTC. Siemens has secured a long-term framework for ...

ECR is One Rail Australia’s coal haulage business. Credit: Rob Willhoft from Pixabay. Magnetic Rail Group has reached a binding deal worth around $287m (A$425m) with Australian freight rail transport ...

The plant will produce prestressed concrete rail ties for Canadian rail markets. Credit: Tobnu Vossloh Tie Technologies has opened a rail products manufacturing plant in British Columbia, Canada.

A railway container flat wagon (also called a flatbed trailer, or simply a flatcar) is a type of railroad car designed specifically to carry standard intermodal shipping containers. Unlike a ...

There are many ways to judge the quality of a city’s public transport network. Do trains run on time? Are fares reasonably priced? Are carriages uncomfortably packed during rush hour? These are the ...

Dr Jerry Landt is one of the godfathers of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. In the 1970s he was part of the Los Alamos team that developed RFID for the US Government, in the 1980s he ...

Hitachi Rail engineers install a digital sensor to a GWR train in the UK. Credit: Hitachi Rail Hitachi Rail, the European rolling stock and rail infrastructure division of the Japanese multi-sector ...

Siemens Mobility will provide signalling system to the two new stations at terminal three of Taoyuan Airport along with 20 trains. Credit: Cheng-en Cheng Siemens Mobility has received a contract for ...

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 ...

The issue of animal deaths on railways first captivated media attention worldwide in May 2013 when a train killed three elephants in West Bengal, and again in November after a train crashed into a ...

The agreement requires Hitachi Rail and Sistem to maintain all equipment installed under the project for 48 months after completion. Credit: Hitachi Rail. Hitachi ...