The Canfranc International Railway Station and its adjoined hotel were the of epitome of transit glamour when it was first built in 1928. But a series of events—including being co-opted by the Nazis during WWII—led to its eventual demise and abandonment. Going from ritzy hotel to Nazi command center to abandoned ruin, the historic station has finally settled into a vastly different role: Subterranean astroparticle laboratory.
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You are not watching CGI. Despite the kaleidoscope of colors and shapes rising from the infinite horizon, this is all real footage of the 12-mile Yurikamome line in Tokyo. Hold onto your butts.
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The Tokyu Toyoko line, one of the most famous and important train lines in the Tokyo metro area, running between Shibuya and downtown Yokohama has had a major improvement at its Shibuya terminus, a benefit for many passengers, but a time for excitement and tears for a huge group of Train Otaku (“Tetsu-ota”).
There is an obsession with trains for many in Japan. And nothing brings them out like the change of a train line or the change of a station.
Anyone who has spent time in …
Doesn’t this placemat make you want to be five-years old again? It’s a real Brio-style train set that you eat off of. More »
There is a 22-foot-long, 200-ton steel monster under Manhattan. Dead, resting deep somewhere under Grand Central Station and Park Avenue, this machine and her twin brother excavated the massive tunnels that you can see here, one of the largest public transportation works of our time. More »
Even as the Northeast digs out after Nor’easter Nemo, New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority isn’t worried about maintaining service along its northern New Haven Line. That’s thanks to a fleet of turbine-powered, slush-slinging, jet trains. More »
To celebrate the Nordland Railway’s 50th anniversary this year, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (or the NRK to the locals) has created an epic ten hour documentary capturing the country’s northernmost railway route that connects the cities of Trondheim and Bodø. But going above and beyond the call of duty, the filmmakers actually recorded the route four different times at the peak of every season. More »
High speed rail may be a quixotic public works project here in California but for China, it’s a cornerstone of the country’s transportation infrastructure. Yesterday, Chinese officials expanded that infrastructure by inaugurating the longest such rail line on Earth and announced plans for seven more. More »
It’s estimated that in the US alone there’s over 140,000 miles of train tracks criss-crossing the country. So a team of researchers from New York’s Stony Brook University have developed a simple railside generator that’s able to convert the vibrations from a passing train into usable electricity. More »
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