With a top test speed of 280mph and an operational speed of 249mph, the train beats all other high-speed rivals worldwide.

Japan's Bullet Train goes along at 275mph, while the Eurostar reaches 186mph and most UK trains operate at around 125mph. It ...

China’s ‘T-Flight’ train is so quick we might end up ditching planes altogether. Chinese engineers have reported that their ...

I drove a train along the world's oldest railway. Tanfield Railway is celebrating 300 years, this year, and I drove one of their trains to celebrate.

An exciting new addition to the cross-border timetable is coming this year: Spanish rail operator Renfe is set to launch a brand-new AVE (high-speed) service between Barcelona and the French city ...

A NEW train service launching next year will connect two seaside towns in Cornwall for the first time. Soon holidaymakers and locals in Cornwall will be able to board an hourly service from ...

Simon Calder answers your questions on visiting Japan in April, airline protocols on deceased passengers, security scanners ...

The worst-ever Tube accident killed 43 people, injured 74 and scarred rescuers who worked in the scorching heat of the ...

GB Olympic runner Desirèe Henry has shared her top tips on how to prepare and recover for a marathon - from nailing a solid ...

Railway bosses are hatching plans for a much more varied departures board at St Pancras – but will it actually come to ...

An integrated train control and operating system has been successfully deployed on Qingdao metro Line 6 as a national demonstrator for China’s next generation of metro signalling. Tim Mulligan is ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...