18:00 Uhr, Filmmuseum: Murder on the Orient Express
Life Where I'm From X (YouTube): Tokyo by Train
Come along as I ride the trains of Tokyo from first to last train!
F# for Fun and Profit: Railway Oriented Programming
Euronews: France is raising taxes on flights to pay for trains: Should other European countries do the same?
France will increase taxes on flights to invest more in its railways, the country’s Transport Minister Clément Beaune announced this week.
CNN: The first battery-powered trains have arrived in Europe
AlphaRail (NZ): Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
The Moscow Times: Putin Uses Armored Train, Private Stations for Personal Trips
Euronews: It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel
SWI: Swiss claim record for the world's longest passenger train
The Rhaetian Railway train – comprising four engines and 100 carriages for a total length of 1,910 metres - travelled on the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Alvaneu in southeast Switzerland on Saturday afternoon.
ORF: Olivenkernantrieb für Liliputbahn
Der Dampflok der Liliputbahn im Wiener Prater ist die Spezialkohle ausgegangen. Nach einem brauchbaren Ersatz wurde wochenlang gesucht. Jetzt soll die historische Bahn mit gepressten Olivenkernen aus England betrieben werden.
Engadget: The first fully hydrogen-powered passenger train service is now running in Germany
The first fully hydrogen-powered passenger train service is now up and running. Coradia iLint trains built by Alstom are running on the line in Lower Saxony, Germany. The only emissions are steam and condensed water, and Alstom notes that the train operates with a low level of noise.
IEEE Spectrum: Future Trains Could Provide Carbon Capture on Wheels
Startup CO2Rail’s idea would use existing trains and tracks to suck carbon out of the atmosphere
CNN: Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes