Flexible solar panels placed on top of steel W-beam guardrails in Holland could be the answer to rider concerns about the safety of some barriers. The solar panels create a smooth top on the guard ...

COMMUTERS MAY not have paid them much attention, but a small array of solar panels next to the railway line at Aldershot, a town 50km (30 miles) south-west of London, could herald a greener future for ...

Authorities uncovered a tunnel outfitted with solar panels, lighting, ventilation and a rail system that could carry illegal immigrants, arms dealers and drug smugglers from Mexico into the United ...

Demand for traction power on the world’s rail networks is escalating and many traditional grids are at full, or nearly full capacity. Credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com In 2014 in Bern, Switzerland, ...

Some trains in the UK are now running on a rail line powered entirely by a solar farm in what's said to be a world first. Around 100 panels are keeping the signaling and lights up and running on the ...

Solar panels are being rolled out “like carpet” on railway tracks in Switzerland. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways is installing panels near Buttes train station in the west of the country in May, pending sign ...

Gizmag first reported on the JPods system back in 2012 when the concept was in its infancy. Now plans are afoot to build and test the solar-powered, suspended, individual carriage rail system in ...

In the past few years, the railway industry has been willing to at least consider technologies once thought to be unusual or unconventional—autonomous or semi-autonomous freight and passenger trains, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Power management in StarRupture differs from typical base-builders by ditching cluttered cables for a "wireless" system of ...