A new Carriage Storage Shed has been ordered by the 2-foot gauge Golden Valley Light Railway in Derbyshire to store three carriages in the dry. Former Ffestiniog Railway carriages Nos. 118 and 119, ...

The East West Rail project linking Oxford to Milton Keynes was finished in 2024. There’s just one hitch: no services The rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what ...

China has finished digging the underwater section of a high-speed rail tunnel stretching more than 14km (9 miles) under a busy segment of the Yangtze River, as the country increasingly turns to vast ...

As the ministry of railways on Sunday announced a hike on its fare tariff, passengers travelling long distances are set to bear the brunt under the revised structure, which becomes operational from ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

AI-based facial recognition system will enhance public security, speed up ticket checking and save passenger queues When Prime minister Narendra Modi visited Japan recently, the spotlight was not only ...

The World Bank is transforming logistics through rail—cutting emissions, lowering costs, and boosting jobs for greener, more connected economies. The World Bank's approach to supporting rail logistics ...

Ashover Brewery is back up and running and its popular range of beers is appearing all over the area again. It’s quite possible that even some people well acquainted with the Derbyshire beer scene ...

Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric traction by 2030, it anticipates significant carbon ...

Britain's South Western Railways became the first private operator to return to public ownership. The Labour government plans to renationalize the whole network by the end of 2027. The UK's South ...

South Western Railway has become the first train operator to be brought into public ownership – with many more operators following soon. Perhaps fittingly, the first train available for passengers to ...