Technology

ScotRail has added another train simulator to its fleet. This time around, the simulator is not based in a sprawling cavern underneath Glasgow Central station but sits on desktops at the train operator’s nearby headquarters. The computer software has been provided...

The country’s first dedicated cycle hub, a pioneering school cycle scheme enabling pupils to take bikes on trains, and 1,500 additional cycle spaces across one operator’s stations were some of the achievements celebrated at this year’s National Cycle Rail...

CrossCountry announced yesterday it has signed a contract to install Wi-Fi on its long distance high-speed trains. After an extensive search for the best and most appropriate system to meet its customers' needs, the contract has been awarded to the...

On Thursday, 3 November, Pierre Mongin, Chairman and CEO of RATP inaugurated the commissioning of the first automatic trains on Line 1 of the Paris metro in the presence of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing and Jean-Paul Huchon, President...

Colchester rail commuters will soon benefit from 25% off bus tickets thanks to the Station Travel Plan promotion to encourage travel by bus. The specially priced £48 PlusBus monthly ticket is being offered by Colchester’s local bus companies: First group,...

CSX has announced the release of a new iPhone application, ShipCSX. The application allows CSX customers to track freight shipments and trains across the CSX network. It also provides customers with specifications of rail cars such as equipment dimensions and weights. The...

Plans for a new direct rail service from south London to Heathrow have been unveiled by Wandsworth Council. The proposal – which is based on BAA’s Airtrack scheme – would provide four trains an hour from Waterloo to Terminal 5...

CN has announced the purchase of 200 more efficient EcoTherm containers to 'increase customer efficiency and help reduce energy consumption in its fast-growing temperature-sensitive intermodal markets'. Products such as food, beverages, paints and pharmaceuticals require protection against low temperatures. With this...

On 23 September Spanish Minister of Transport and Public Works Mr José Blanco inaugurated the new railway link to a new station beneath Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas airport. The President of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre and Mayor...

Indian Railways has implemented a new real time train information service (RTIS). The RTIS service named Simran has been jointly developed by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. Minister of Railways, Dinesh Trivedi...