German multinational Siemens Mobility has launched a new cloud-based system for signalling across mainline and metro rail systems. Signalling X is an extension of the other “X” portfolio products ...
Australian freight rail transport firm Aurizon has concluded its A$2.35bn ($1.75bn) deal to purchase rail freight operator company One Rail Australia (ORA). The deal covers two businesses, one being ...
The new trains will enter service on the Vilnius–Klaipėda, Vilnius–Varėna–Marcinkonys, and Kaunas–Šiauliai routes from 2026 onward. Credit: © 2025 Stadler ...
Railroad Friction Products manufactures COBRA® high-friction and low-friction composition brake shoes, specialty shoes, and disc brake linings for freight, locomotive and transit vehicles. Railroad ...
S3 Passenger is a modular software suite for orientation, reservation and multi-channel ticket distribution. The system handles multi-segment and multi-stopover passenger transport services, with or ...
An LNER British Rail Class 800 Azuma connected to overhead catenary power. Credit: Jack Cousin/Shutterstock As the UK continues its slow efforts to decarbonise its railways, moving from diesel-powered ...
With an annual ridership of 3.334 billion in 2013, a 1.25% increase from the previous year, the Tokyo Subway is the world’s busiest metro system. The 310km rapid transit network serves the Greater ...
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 2013 Santiago de Compostela train crash is the deadliest railway accident in Spain in four decades. Buried in a pile of EU press releases dropped en mass one day in late January was a slither of ...
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 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 ...
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 ...