Huawei and China Mobile recently launched 5G at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Railway Station, which will allow passengers to download a 2GB high-definition film in less than 20 seconds. However, the move...
Finnish entrepreneur Peter Vesterbacka’s vision for the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel is an ambitious one, and he thinks he can get it built by 2024. Given that public feasibility studies have estimated...
French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has started the production of passenger electric locomotives Prima M4 KZ4AT at its Kazakhstan facility in Nur-Sultan (Astana), and Sacyr-led Grupo Vía Central consortium (GVC)...
The debate over driver-only operation rumbles on in the UK, with its proponents noting it has been used for decades and is proven safe. But without a guard on the...
Network Rail, alongside Innovate UK, has just announced the four winners of a competition geared towards the automation of the rail infrastructure design process. Could new generative design tools be...
Metro systems across the world have been in operation since the late 1800s and transport millions of commuters across cities every day. There are now more than 178 systems globally...
The construction of the European Union’s €25bn high-speed railway line between Turin and Lyon has been hit by major delays that, if not addressed, could jeopardise the project. What are...
In this issue: a look at the Houston-Dallas high-speed line, the EU’s view on digitalisation in the rail sector, automating infrastructure design in the UK, and more.
HS2 has revealed new designs of what a revamped Old Oak Common station will look like in 2026, as part of a wider plan to create the best-connected rail interchange...
The Eurotunnel is to become the first non-airport border crossing to deploy biometric technology at its terminal in anticipation of longer queuing times post-Brexit. Kicking off in April, facial recognition...
