Researchers are working on a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years. Researchers from the University of ...

A consortium comprising Swiss rail construction firm Sersa and Amey, a subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial Servicios, has been selected as the preferred bidder for a UK railway ...

The railroad industry could soon see a major transition in how trains are powered, the biggest since steam-engines gave way to diesel-powered engines. The Wall Street Journal reports that BNSF, the ...

Plasser American Corp. has observed an increase in the amount of track maintenance required due to increased axle loads and higher tonnage. “With traffic at the current levels, track time is a premium ...

No two words torment railroad executives and their investors more than “reciprocal switching”—a potential Surface Transportation Board (STB) decree that a railroad with sole physical access to a ...

Buses will replace trains from Friday 31 October through the weekend between Carmarthen and Swansea as Network Rail switches ...

A suspicious fire broke out late on Friday at railway tracks in the western city of Wuppertal, according to German rail operator Deutsche Bahn. Cables were apparently cut and set alight deliberately, ...