People in my comments and on social media are taking it for granted that investments into modernizing commuter rail predominantly benefit the suburbs. Against that, I’d like to point out how on the ...

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Hardware-free solutions move fast. We often assume big change needs big kit: gates, cards, hardware. But Fairtiq’s success shows the power of software-only solutions. In Denmark, they rolled out a ...

Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections ...

A DB Cargo electric locomotive has been equipped with automatic and remote train operation technology which is to be used to test automated freight haulage under real-world conditions. On July 4 ...

Great Western Railway (GWR) has published a landmark white paper outlining the success of its fast-charge battery trial and how it could help to transform the UK’s railway. The year-long trial ...

Long Branch Mike comes to LR from the aerospace industry as software engineer on airliners, then applying his engineering talents as a R&D consultant. He later became a bus driver for a short time and ...

DJ Stadtler, Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, shares how Virginia, seeking relief from what had become an “all day rush hour,” turned to rail and found new ways to expand ...

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A reminder to those interested that our next monthly meeting of 2025 is on Tuesday 8th July at the Crosse Keys pub in the City of London from 7.00 p.m. onwards. For more details click ‘ Monthly Meetup ...

A proliferation of mobility options may be reshaping public transport but leaders from Vienna and VIA say the true measure of progress lies in meeting everyday passenger needs, not chasing the latest ...

At the beginning of April 2025, Deutsche Bahn awarded contract unit 733 Tunnel Ostbahnhof to the consortium ARGE Tunnel Ostbahnhof as part of the major Munich 2nd S-Bahn Main Line project. Implenia ...