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Britain Will Spend Two Years Recushioning Trains It Bought for £1.6bn

Britain Will Spend Two Years Recushioning Trains It Bought for £1.6bn

More than 60,000 'ironing board' seats will be replaced — a decade after the department that procured them was warned about the seats.

Virgin Wins Access to HS1, and Eurostar Finally Has a Competitor

Virgin Wins Access to HS1, and Eurostar Finally Has a Competitor

Approval to run through the Channel Tunnel from 2030. The question is whether two trains on the same route can be different products.

Heat Bends Rails, Softens Runways and Strands Cargo Ships

Heat Bends Rails, Softens Runways and Strands Cargo Ships

Climate change does not disrupt every transport mode the same way — and the worst failures happen when the effects combine.