While the majority of video gamers find satisfaction traversing platforms in the company of an Italian plumber in red overalls or fighting their way through fantastical alien worlds, there is another ...

Railways tend to work best when they are reasonably flat and level, but unfortunately for engineers, the world was not formed with railways in mind. Throughout the history of rail, new solutions have ...

As 21st century Russia continues to improve its economic outlook and trade potential, the freight and passenger rail infrastructure of the world’s largest country is playing a key strategic role; far ...

The new project will improve security on the railway linking Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, and King Abdullah Economic City. Credit: Matyas Rehak via Shutterstock. BATIC Investment and Logistics’ subsidiary ...

Village Underground music venue in Shoreditch (HDR). Credit: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.com. Train carriages have been transformed into hotels, restaurants, bookstores, houseboats, museums and ...

Light rail systems have the potential to help solve some of the major problems that spring up in the world’s increasingly busy cities. Trams can provide a fast and reliable option for travellers ...

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 ...

The Queen of The Sea train crash in Sri Lanka, caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami which struck in December 2004, is regarded as the worst train disaster in railroad history after it caused the death ...

Driverless train technology might not be a new concept for the world’s metro systems, but it’s still something of a contentious issue in public transport circles ...

Guangzhou Metro is a light rail transit system in the city of Guanghzou (formerly known as Canton) in China. It is the fourth metro system to be introduced in Mainland China.

The United States has the world’s longest railway network, followed by China and India. Railway-technology.com profiles the 10 largest railway networks in the world based on total operating length.

In 2016, the EU brought into effect the Fourth Railway Package, a programme of changes to rail regulations across the EU. The package, which includes reforms in standards and authorisation for rolling ...