Those visiting the northern New South Wales coastline will have the chance to ride on new sustainably powered transport service. The Byron Bay Railroad Company is setting the wheels in motion for what it calls the world's first solar-powered train, whose roots can be traced back to World War II.
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Funicular railways are cable-based train lines that shuttle carriages up steep inclines, and they don't come any steeper than the Stoosbahn that has just opened in Switzerland that connects the mountain village of Stoos to the valley below.
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Mining giant Rio Tinto has been busy investigating autonomous train technology in the Australian Outback and has now completed the nation's first autonomous heavy haul rail journey as it looks for more efficient ways to move iron ore around the country.
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If Amazon’s drone delivery service is to get off the ground, it’ll need some major infrastructure upgrades to support it. A new patent awarded to the retail giant could see drones being patched up and launched from mobile maintenance facilities carted around on the back of trains, trucks and ships.
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A new DEMU train was officially entered into service by India's Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on July 14. The train left Safdarjung Station in south Delhi pulling six carriages topped with PV panels to meet the needs of its electrical systems with clean energy.
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The Peruvian Andes are home to some spectacular sights, and explorers looking to take it all in can now do so from the comfort of what is billed as South America's first luxury sleeper train.
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A new Zaha Hadid-designed high-speed train station near Naples has begun service. Part of a larger plan to improve rail connectivity throughout southern Italy, the Napoli Afragola train station features an interesting design and includes significant sustainable technology.
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According to China's CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd, most smaller cities can't afford to build light rail systems – even though they would still benefit from having them. That's why the company has built and demonstrated what it's billing as "the world's first railless train."
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Japanese trains have long been known for their speed and efficiency. Now, if the East Japan Railway Company has its way, slow and luxurious may soon be added to the list with the May 1 debut of its Train Suite Shiki-shima, designed by famed industrial designer Ken Okuyama.
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A coal-fired steam LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado hit 100 mph (161 km/h) for the first time on a UK track in over 50 years as part of its certification trials to allow it to operate on the British rail network alongside its electric and diesel siblings.
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