The Long Island Rail Road is one of the oldest and most famous rail networks in the US. Credit: Adam E. Moreira (via Wikimedia Commons). New York’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has existed since ...

Thales and its consortium partner River Engineering have received a contract from Thailand's State Railway to design, supply and install the ETCS Level 1 Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Europe has a long history of high-speed trains, being an early adopter after the first high-speed rail system, the Tokaido Shinkansen, began operations in Japan. Since France’s TGV network began ...

The original Thameslink project led to through passenger trains being introduced on a core route between Bedford and Brighton via central London in 1988. Using the southern end of the Midland Main ...

Europeans and Asians currently operate the fastest high speed trains in the world, regularly commuting on trains such as the Shanghai Maglev and Harmony CRH 380A. While these two currently hold all ...

Gare du Nord in Paris, France, handles approximately 214.2 million passengers each year. It is the busiest station in Europe and in the world outside of Japan. Most passengers at the station are ...

Each tram is 36.5m long and can hold up to 237 passengers. Credit: Stadler, Inc. Stadler and public transport operator HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) have unveiled the first TINA (Totally Integrated Low ...

At high altitudes, snow, cold, wind, and harsh weather conditions make the construction and maintenance of railways an expensive challenge. despite this, the highest altitude railways in the world are ...

Moscow Metro is one of a kind. The London Underground might be older and the Shanghai Metro might be larger, but no mass transit system in the world can compare with the opulent architecture and grand ...

Rendering of a Eurostar Celestia train at London St-Pancras International station. Credit: Alstom Eurostar has confirmed a €2bn ($2.32bn) investment in up to 50 new Avelia Horizon double-decker very ...