As trains travel into and through tunnels, they compress the air in front and create powerful pressure waves. Known as the piston effect, the phenomenon is a key consideration for engineers, with ...

• Netherlands Railway generates social profit of €1.33 billion (Erasmus University) ...

In North West England, plans to develop a major new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) between Manchester and Liverpool have taken a further step forward. A second round of public consultation ...

As trains travel into and through tunnels, they compress the air in front and create powerful pressure waves. Known as the piston effect, the phenomenon is a key consideration for engineers, with ...

The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the ...

The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the ...

The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the ...

China has implemented national standards for the recycling and utilisation of electric vehicle (EV) power batteries. Pilot programs report over 99% recovery of key materials such as nickel, cobalt, ...

We have a huge fleet (and increasing) of vehicles that are powered by fossil fuels. Given the slow replacement rates, even if every new bike, car, and truck sold today is electric it will take decades ...

Way back in 2011 we wrote a piece called Two Of Our Carriages Are Missing. It was about the long term failure to provide 12-car trains on Southeastern Metro services via London Bridge to Charing … ...

This is a guest post by Jonn Elledge, from his blog The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything from the June 11, 2025 edition. Newlywed friend of the newsletter Ed Jefferson is making the most of ...

Work is now set to start on bringing the standby northern runway at Gatwick into full operational use, increasing capacity from 280,000 flights a year to around 389,000 by the late 2030s. The £2.2bn ...