Technology

Developing young engineers is a key role of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Since 1999, its Automobile Division has being doing so through the Formula Student Challenge in which teams design, construct and drive a racing car to specified criteria. Not to be outdone, this year the Institution’s Railway Division held its first Railway [...]

A full-size model of the new Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed train is making its way to InnoTrans after being officially unveiled in Italy. The Frecciarossa 1000, which is being built by Bombardier and AnsaldoBreda, is the newest member of Bombardier’s Zefiro...

Development of India's first hydrogen-powered locomotive is at an advanced stage, say Indian Railways. The new technology is being introduced to cut carbon emissions and reduce Indian Railway's dependency on fossil fuels, with the company currently spending around $2.3 billion...

Indian Railways, the world's fourth largest rail network, is to set up four bio-diesel plants to boost green energy production in the country. The Minister of State for Railways, K.H Muniyappa, has announced that the first two 30-tonne capacity bio-diesel...

Andy Milne spells out four reasons why the rail industry and Britain needs High Speed Two. As the surge of national optimism reached its crescendo at the London Olympics the great and the not so good were lining up to oppose the plan to build a high-speed railway between London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Leave [...]

Russian Railways has launched an online virtual tour of the trains which will be transporting spectators and athletes at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

ROBEL will be showcasing its new 34.02 clipping machine at InnoTrans 2012. The new model includes a petrol engine, Fastclip work module and e-Clip module. The patented tool for a quick and simple changing between the work processes for applying and...

Crossrail and Transport for London (TfL) have awarded a major contract to Kone for around 50 incline lifts for the new Crossrail stations. The contract, which also includes five lifts for Bank, Greenford and Hammersmith Tube stations, will see Crossrail...

Mechan will be showcasing its new Microlink jack control system at this year's InnoTrans exhibition in September. The Sheffield-based rail depot equipment specialist will be exhibiting in the British Pavilion at InnoTrans 2012, as part of a delegation led by...

At first glance the choice of Milton Keynes as the new headquarters of Network Rail seems eccentric. Look a little closer and the move is a sound one, as Andy Milne reports. Once derided as a concrete and plastic tribute to sixties designer angst, Milton Keynes has all the vibrancy and energy of a younger [...]