Light Rail
Video: Shocking tram vs bicycle near misses caught on camera
Dublin's Luas light rail network has released footage online showing cyclists narrowly avoiding collisions with trams as part of a new bike safety campaign.
Transdev, which operates Luas services, and Transport Infrastructure hope the campaign will make cyclists in the...
Rail News
San Francisco’s BART to begin testing new metro trains on track
Testing has begun on the Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) new fleet of train cars in San Francisco, the USA.
Infrastructure
Union Pacific’s new bridge monitoring tool has the ‘potential to revolutionise’ bridge inspections
The majority of Union Pacific's (UP) 18,000 bridges are inspected by trained professionals at least twice a year.
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 40 per cent of bridges in the USA are 50 years old or more...
Video
Video: PKP Griffin locomotive on test
Rolling stock manufacturer Newag has released video footage of one of its Griffin locomotives undergoing testing on the KraÂków-TarÂnów line.
Read more: France’s first semi-automated train to run on its network in 2022
Infrastructure
South Ferry station reopens five years after Hurricane Sandy destruction
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has re-opened South Ferry station after it was 'completely destroyed' by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
MTAÂ interim executive director Ronnie Hakim said that - much like the nearby World Trade Centre - South Ferry station has...
Infrastructure
Video: Fehmarnbelt’s ‘record-breaking’ tunnel factory
A video has been released which gives an insight into the workings of the huge new site that will manufacture the 70,000 tonne segments for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel.
The site at Rødbyhavn, Denmark, which will be equivalent to the size of...
Rail News
Belmond launches luxury sleeper train service in South America
Belmond has launched what is describing as South America first luxury sleeper service.
The Andean Explorer, which is operated by PeruRail, cuts through the Peruvian Andes on the Cusco-Puno-Arequipa line.
According to the hotel and leisure company it is South America's first...
Electrification
Alstom launches CLever cantilever for UK railway electrification
Alstom has launched a new cantilever specifically for the UK rail network. The CLever (a shortened version of cantilever) has been designed by Osvaldo Cariboni Lecco – an Alstom company – in northern Italy for 25kV railway electrification and allows for speeds of up to 300km/h. According to Alstom, the product is safer to handle, has minimal […]
Rail Freight
Railtex launch for mixed passenger and freight rail carriage
Product development company 42 Technology has come up with a reconfigurable train carriage system which could allow cargo to easily be transported onboard passenger services. Named the ‘Adaptable Carriage’, the system automatically stows away seats to create additional space for freight during off peak services, for example, and promises to bring about commercial and environmental benefits. 42 Technology demonstrated the […]
Rail News
Video: Alstom’s hydrogen train on test
Alstom's iLint hydrogen fuel cell train has successfully completed its first trial run at 80 km/h.
Video courtesy of Alstom
Latest News
ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds
New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...