BY: NADIA ZAIDI I’m admittedly somewhat of a recluse. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the company of others, and people inspire me to continue pursuing journalism. But maybe I enjoy my lofty retreat a bit too much. You know…
World’s first zero-emissions passenger train is set to take off by the end of the year
Trains, busses, trucks. The’ve all got some things in common – they’re big, they’re powerful haulers, and they also tend to stink… especially busses, if you’re unlucky enough to sit next to a chain smoker. But that’s not the kind…
Germany’s crowdfunded train takes to the rails
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Rail travel kicked off in Europe, and it’s no surprise that even now, though cars and trucks continue to rule the roost in Canada and the United States, Europeans ride the rails more often than their…
The Netherlands now has the world’s first completely wind powered trains
BY: RHIANN MOORE As of January 1, 2017, 600,000 daily commuters in the Netherlands have been traveling in complete carbon neutrality. This is because the Dutch NS trains now run on 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of wind energy as a result…
Meet the Hyperloop: The future of high-speed travel
BY: PHILIIPPE DE JOCAS It’s hard to remember that, at one point, rail travel constituted the height of mobility; the iron horse and its kingdom of rails dominated the world’s transit scene for the better part of a century. But…
All Dutch trains will run on wind energy by 2018
BY: SWIKAR OLI A contract between two forward-thinking companies will completely redefine sustainability for the people of the Netherlands within the next few years. Netherlands’ railway giant, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, has inked a deal with Eneco, a local energy supplier, to…
This 18-year-old hopped trains for 5 years and caught it all on camera (Photos)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In 2003, Mike Brodie, aged 18, left home to hop freight trains across the USA. Freight train hopping – a form of travel that is equal parts illegal and romantic – is thought of by most to be…