Federal regulators have conditionally approved the hotly debated sale of a nearly 200-mile railway line that swings around Chicago and through dozens of suburban communities.
Barbara Neuschwander can still recall the stench and taste created by the massive fire that burned for days after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals crashed two years ago near her home south of Louisville, Ky.
North Shore commuters are about to join their Worcester counterparts with free Internet access on Massachusetts trains.
Federal officials have approved a plan to extend the D.C. region's Metrorail system to Dulles International Airport, nearly a year after cost concerns threatened to kill the $5.2 billion project.
California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas.
Baghdad commuters have a new way to bypass the city's checkpoints and congested, dusty streets with the launch of a commuter rail that travels 15 miles through Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in the heart of the capital.
President Bush has signed into law sweeping improvements in railroad safety that might have prevented the deadly collision of a commuter train and a freight train in Los Angeles last month.
The federal government is chipping in nearly $30 million for 15 passenger rail projects across the country as Americans continue to drive less and take the train more, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Tuesday.
A century and a half after California built its first railroad, the Golden State may be about to launch the most ambitious rail project undertaken by any state — a nearly 800-mile system of bullet trains that can top 200 mph.
An out-of-service bus driven by a mechanic collided with a light rail train near downtown Los Angeles during the morning rush Friday, injuring 15 people and rattling commuters a week after a deadly train crash in a suburb.
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan.
Police say a bomb hit a rail track in southwestern Pakistan killing two children.
Mayor Karen Darch's phone started ringing minutes after one of North America's largest railroads announced plans to more than quadruple the number of freight trains rumbling daily through this upscale Chicago suburb.
Railway executive Matthew Rose stood before fellow industry leaders, pointing to a map meant to tell the future of the U.S. rail freight network. It was drenched in red — east to west, north to south.
A train car loaded with lumber rolled from a side track onto a main line and hit a stationary commuter train during rush hour Tuesday afternoon, sending dozens of people to hospitals, authorities said.
The first customers sipped bubbly at Europe's longest champagne bar and boarded high-speed trains to Paris and Brussels as London's St. Pancras station reopened Wednesday after a seven-year, $1.6 billion refurbishment.
It's been a full month since the inauguration of Barack Obama. With debates raging over the financial system and the larger economic crisis, Obama has quietly succeeded in pushing through some great progressive initiatives and picked an encouraging candidate for his drug czar.
Stockholm's transport authority (SL) has demanded compensation from an arts college after a student was involved in an act of vandalism on a metro train. SL Chairman Christer Wennerholm said the authority intended to seek 100,000 kronor ($11,500; £8,000) in damages.
Yes Ladies and Gents, the first mainline steam locomotive to have been built in over five decades has made her maiden voyage.
Connex's French parent company, Veolia, has shown how hard it is prepared to fight to keep lucrative contracts to run trains in the world's big cities.
Melbourne rail commuters suffering through the city's heatwave are set for another horror run home on Connex, with 200 trains cancelled during tonight's peak hour and services suspended on three lines.
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn admitted in a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, Jan. 28, that it vetted some 173,000 employees as part of an anti-corruption campaign. Politicians were shocked by the news.
Rep Peter DeFazio has authored an amendment that would increase the level of rail funding in the stimulus bill. It's an excellent idea.
While China's foreign trade partners stopped placing orders, the economy is now in high gear with a stimulus package that is larger than any other in the world. There's massive investment in infrastructure.
Rail passengers face cuts to services and higher prices after talks between the Government and rail chiefs over the prospect of the first fall in passenger numbers for 15 years.
Experts hope $12bn GCC rail project will be operational by 2016
A decade-long project to rebuild Britain's busiest railway line, the West Coast line between London and Glasgow, has finally been completed. Passengers are set to see improved services with journey times cut by up to 30%.
A pet cat and a bag containing £30,000 in cash were among the unlikely objects left on trains this year, according to a rail operator.
Britain's own version of the Japanese bullet train raced into London on its maiden passenger voyage yesterday - at speeds of up to 140mph.
Joe Biden is best known for his experience in foreign policy issues, but I've long been most excited by the possibility that his strong pro-rail views may have influence in an administration certain to be dominated (like all administrations) by people who don't care about tra …
A Japanese man has been arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police say.
The NSW government says it's "cracking the whip" to ensure defects on the $2.3 billion Epping to Chatswood rail line don't delay the project.
A Kodak moment almost turned into tragedy recently at a popular Oregon coast viewpoint when a small child nearly tumbled over a towering cliff as she posed for a family photo. The whole incident was captured on video.
As recently as a few months ago, the idea of trying to bolster the troubled economy by pumping money into public works projects such as roads and bridges was dismissed as too slow -- not the quick pick-me-up that was needed.
Belgian Rail is offering a free breakfast to commuters in the biggest rail stations this week. The initiative was set up to thank travellers for the trust they put in rail staff.
The latest report of the New South Wales Auditor-General has painted a damning picture of the state's rail services.
The Rees Government will shelve construction of the south-west rail link in addition to axing the North-West Metro as it grapples with a budget crisis.
While John McCain cancelled one event in Pennsylvania owing to the foul weather, Barack Obama paid tribute to more than 9,000 hardy supporters who turned out at an outdoors rally, despite freezing rain and driving winds
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have expressed disappointment over a Federal Government decision to allow smaller miners to use their railway lines in Western Australia's Pilbara.
Anyone with the slightest understanding of politics would have known that replacing a much-touted metro-link to Sydney's grossly under-serviced north-west with a cheaper but utterly unnecessary rail link to two inner-west suburbs would be a complete PR disaster.
A $4 billion CBD metro line from Central Station to Rozelle would be built with plans to build a North West Metro or western metro pushed back further into the future under a surprise plan announced today by Premier Nathan Rees.