China’s grand plan to connect Asia with high-speed rail was meant to highlight the superiority of its state-led modernization ...

Furi-Lebu central station, located in the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. During our latest fieldwork at the end of January 2024, the first thing that struck us was the smoother and ...

China will launch a fleet of special “silver trains” specially built for the comfort and safety of elderly people to encourage its rapidly ageing population to travel – and spend – more, as it ...

As I rocketed out of Shanghai aboard a train at nearly 200 miles an hour, the speed reduced the trees outside my window to greenish blurs. I had the out-of-body sense that I was fast-forwarding my way ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...