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 ...

The RS ZERO offers a green alternative to the ageing diesel vehicles serving the remaining lines. Credit: Stadler. Stadler has unveiled the RS ZERO, a train designed for zero-emission transport, at ...

Aerial view of the San Joaquin River Viaduct in Fresno, California. Credit: California High-Speed Rail Authority. The Future of High-Speed Rail in California For a country that was built on the ...

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 ...

Guangzhou Metro is a light rail transit system in the city of Guanghzou (formerly known as Canton) in China. It is the fourth metro system to be introduced in Mainland China.

In December, the 2,252km Shanghai-Kunming high-speed rail (HSR) line was officially completed, with the opening of its final phase. Crossing the five provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and ...

Despite beginning life as a by-product of British colonial rule, India’s railways have come to define and shape the country over the course of the last century and a half. Tracks that were laid to ...

TWINDEXX is a double-deck train specially designed by Bombardier Transportation for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The rolling stock was designed in response to SBB’s proposals to launch an intercity ...

The contract covers maintenance for a ten-year lease, with the trains to be built by Hitachi in County Durham. Credit: Hitachi Rail Limited. Britain’s FirstGroup has finalised a £500m ($636.8m) ...

The east coast is almost exclusively seen as the preferred location for any potential high speed rail projects. Image: QRtrains. Every populated continent is home to some form of high-speed rail ...

On a visit to China in September, British Chancellor George Osborne spoke of the growing bond between the two countries. Osborne wants to make China the UK’s second-largest trading partner by 2025, ...

New York MTA Subway train. Credit: Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock.com. New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved a contract valued at $1.507bn for the purchase of ...