Researchers are working on a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years. Researchers from the University of ...

Rail carriers struggling to provide adequate service could be required to allow competitors on their tracks under a proposed Surface Transportation Board rule aimed at curbing delays and increasing ...

The STB has issued its decision in Ex Parte 711 (Sub No. 2). When it issued its proposed rule in October, I wrote that I thought this was an appropriate next step: to focus on service issues. Many, ...

The Surface Transportation Board exceeded its authority when issuing a rule requiring rail carriers to allow competitors onto their tracks to curb delays, an appeals court says. Because a rule put in ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., are working on Repoint, a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for ...