Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
A startup that came out of stealth last month has another idea: Parallel Systems wants to move freight using self-driving, battery-powered, autonomous rail…
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New on-board system allows trains to instantly detect ‘leaves on the line’ and other…
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Researchers are…
Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
When the pandemic hit the US in March 2020, public health officials told people to stay home. But many couldn’t. Essential workers—grocery store cashiers,…
Researchers suggest battery-powered trains could very soon be economically viable
Fig. 1: Energy prices inclusive of fast-charging infrastructure at various station…
UK rail sector on track to diesel-free trains
While electric trains emit 60 percent less carbon than their diesel counterparts,…
How to Move More Goods Through America’s Clogged Infrastructure? Robot Trains
Anyone who has spent Christmas morning sending a choo choo around the tree knows the primary hazards to trains are toys wandering onto the track, and taking…
New cybersecurity regulations released by TSA for trains and planes | ZDNet
Homeland Security Secretary…
How future trains could be less noisy
For passenger and freight trains, the noise is mainly generated between the wheels…
Japanese bullet trains will soon have special high-speed video conferencing pods
The Central Japan Railway Company has revealed it is building dedicated video conferencing carriages for its famous bullet trains, in an effort to better…
zoom: From smoking to zooming: How Japan’s bullet trains are adapting to pandemic work…
Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains (well, some of them) are going to be upgraded with booths suitable for video conferencingto aid the working professionals…