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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

On Thursday 29 May, HS2 revealed the first section of platform to be installed for Britain’s new high-speed railway. In the underground box at HS2’s Old Oak Common station, engineers have begun ...

Headline photo of Virgin Pendolino service rushing north through Rugby used under Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence (found at Deed – Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic – Creative Commons), attributed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ekranoplans, special ultra-low flying aircraft, promise to combine features from ships, airplanes, and hovercraft. There are many designs and projects out there, but they have yet to truly realise ...