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Hyperloop super-fast rail to hit milestone

May 10, 2016 (AFP)

Elon Musk's vision of a Hyperloop transport system that carries passengers in pressurized tubes at near-supersonic speeds is on track to hit a milestone on Tues...

ESA in partnership with Europe's railways

Feb 24, 2016 (ESA)

Europe's railway network plays a vital role in keeping our continent on the move. A new ESA initiative is considering the ways that space can add value to the n...

COD Students Compete Nationally in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)

A team comprised of primarily COD Engineering students recently competed alongside more than 120 engineering teams from across the globe in the SpaceX Hyperloop...

Engineering Students Participate in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

Feb 02, 2016 (SPX)

Thirteen students from the Engineering program at College of DuPage are heading to Texas A and M University to take part in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition...

MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest

Feb 01, 2016 (UPI)

A team of MIT students took top honors at the Hyperloop Pod Design Competition at Texas A&M University. But U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said i...

Indonesia kicks off construction of first bullet train

Jan 21, 2016 (AFP)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo broke ground Thursday on the country's first ever bullet train line, heralding the project as a symbol of "major cooperation" w...

Bafflement as London train delay blamed on 'strong sunlight'

Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)

London commuters were left baffled after a rail company blamed delays on "strong sunlight" in the midst of cold and wintry weather this week. "Apologies we are ...

China to finance Mali strategic railway overhaul

Dec 28, 2015 (AFP)

China has agreed to finance a much-needed overhaul of the Malian stretch of the key railway line between Bamako and Dakar, the Malian transport ministry said on...

Rail line disruption set for dramatic increase as sea levels continue to rise

Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)

Rail services to and from the South West of England could be disrupted for more than 10 per cent of each year by 2040 and almost a third by 2100, a new study su...

Japan, India PMs talks on track for bullet-train deal

Dec 12, 2015 (AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are expected to discuss deals covering high-speed rail, defence and civilian nuclear...

Canadian rail company eyes takeover of U.S. rival

Nov 18, 2015 (UPI)

Rail company Canadian Pacific said it made an offer to U.S. rival Norfolk Southern Corp. to join forces to create a new transcontinental transit entity. Canadia...

Elon Musk's Hyperloop Takes A Step Forward

Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)

For the first time in close to a century, mankind may be about to give serious attention to a technology that has the potential to be a true game-changer in tra...

China, Indonesia sign $5.5 bn high-speed rail deal

Oct 16, 2015 (AFP)

Chinese and Indonesian state-owned companies Friday signed a $5.5 billion deal to build the first high-speed railway in Southeast Asia's top economy, after Beij...

Indonesia defends rail project after Japan angered

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Indonesia defended Thursday the chaotic bidding process for its first high-speed railway after months of mixed messages ended with China being chosen over a fur...

Japan says bid for Indonesian railway rejected, China wins

Sep 29, 2015 (AFP)

Japan said Tuesday its bid to build a major railway in Indonesia had been rejected with China instead to be awarded the project, slamming the decision as "extre...

China firm wins bid for New Delhi-Mumbai rail study

Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)

A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese firm has won a bid for a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between India's political and financial capital...

Britain opens bidding in China for high-speed rail link

Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)

British finance minister George Osborne on Thursday said bidding would open for 11.8 billion pounds ($18 billion, 16.3 billion euros) in contracts to build a hi...

China companies join US high-speed rail project

Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)

A Chinese rail consortium is teaming up with private US firm XpressWest to push forward a high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas with Los Angeles, the compan...

Indonesia dumps plans for high-speed rail line: minister

Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)

Indonesia has unexpectedly dumped much-vaunted plans for its first high-speed railway in favour of a slower and cheaper rail option, in a blow to Japan and Chin...

China, Japan battle to build Indonesia's first bullet train

Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)

China and Japan are locked in an increasingly heated contest to build Indonesia's first high-speed railway, with the Asian giants sweetening deals and turning u...