Passenger trains have not run on the CRANDIC railway since the 1950s. That may soon change. Greater Iowa City, Inc. recently presented plans for a battery-powered passenger train on the CRANDIC rail ...

"Last night, we achieved an incredible feat by breaking the world record for the longest distance traveled by a battery-powered train under a single charge. Now, this basically means a train which ...

An attempt to break the world record for the longest distance travelled by a battery-powered train will be held later. Great Western Railway (GWR) is hoping to complete 200 miles (322km) on a single ...

Metra is set to get its first battery-powered trains in the coming years, which could replace diesel-powered locomotives in places and times of day with fewer riders. Metra touted the trains as a more ...

The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either ...

Metra plans to buy battery-powered trains that could hit the rails as early as 2027 on the Rock Island line, potentially fast-tracking a move to greener and more frequent off-peak service. The ...

Battery-powered trains could soon be running on branch lines. A successful year-long trial by Great Western Railway (GWR) on the Greenford branch line in West London tested fast-charging battery ...

I'm on a few train / public transit related forums, but let me say, the people there are... set in their ways. So let's see if a discussion on this topic will be more interesting here. We of course ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Cambus bus drives below the CRANDIC rail line bridge on Iowa Avenue, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. Passenger trains ...

A battery-powered train has broken the world record for the longest railway journey on a single charge. The Great Western Railway (GWR) train - a specially adapted former District Line train - ...