From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

The world's oldest railway is the Tanfield Railway in Country Durham, England, which opened in 1725 and was originally used ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway is said to be the world's most punctual. Japanese National Railways ...

This request was made to enable the completion of civil work for the 352-km-long Gujarat section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High ...

Part of a busy road has been temporarily closed for the installation of a 345m (1,132ft)-long HS2 viaduct, with rail travel also affected over the weekend. The A413 near Wendover, south of ...

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region may soon get a new controlled access highway that will connect Kalyan, Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath and Badlapur cities to Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and upcoming Navi ...

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On-the-ground transportation added up as well. While local trains were fairly inexpensive, tickets for the Shinkansen bullet train were costly. My ride from Tokyo to Toyama was the most expensive ...

An Edinburgh railway viaduct could be transformed into a hotel and cafe under new plans submitted to the council. The site, at 20 Gordon Street, has been used as a storage and service area having ...

POLICE have confirmed the body of a man has been found under a motorway bridge in Warrington. At around 11.05am on Tuesday, officers were called to reports of concerns for the welfare of a man ...

Kevin Smith looks at the enduring achievements of the Tokaido Shinkansen and considers what is next for this remarkable railway. THE defining event in the birth of contemporary rail transport occurred ...

Shinkansen trains are now expected to be operational by 2030, with full corridor operation by 2033. The contract period for ETCS-2 is seven years from the date of award of work. Sources said the ...