High Speed Rail

Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail back on track?

Travellers would be whisked between the two cities in 90 minutes.

This high-speed train has an airline-style business class

With rotating lie-flat seats and wireless charging, rail travel has never looked so good!

The latest threat to European airlines: night-time trains

Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria will expand their cross-country rail services.

Japan, China race to dominate the future of high-speed rail

Asia's two biggest economies are plotting ultra-fast intercity links using maglev technology.

Eurostar launches direct London-Amsterdam high-speed train

Clearing UK passport control in Amsterdam and no more train changes in Brussels to shave at least...

Business class vs first class on Chinese high-speed rail

On China's bullet trains, business class turns out to be superior to first class.

Europe's high-speed rail takes on business class flights

Europe’s rail operators have ambitious plans to claw away at a large slice of the business travel...

Japan tests world's faster bullet train

Japan is pushing the limits of rail travel as it begins testing the fastest-ever shinkansen bulle...

Hong Kong to Shenzhen via high-speed rail

The new High Speed Rail line between Hong Kong and mainland China (sometimes also known as the Ex...

High speed rail from Hong Kong to China

China's sprawling bullet train network will extend to Hong Kong on September 23, providing a dire...

Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said he’ll cancel a planned high-speed railway th...

High-speed rail now rivals air travel

Across Asia and Europe, high-speed rail is providing a competitive alternative to air travel on t...

Riding in the Hyperloop at 1,120km/h

You're seated in a sealed pod that's levitating inside the partial vacuum of a seemingly endless ...

Aussie bullet train: SYD-MEL in 3 hours

It's the Aussie bullet train which would let you travel between Sydney and Melbourne in under thr...

Japan's bullet trains raise the bar

Japan's high-speed trains are gearing up with high-speed luxe in an renewed attempt to fight dome...

Photos: Eurostar gets a make-over

The first of Eurostar's refreshed trains rolls out of the workshop this week, and is expected to ...

Singapore – KL bullet train runs late

It's the announcement which nobody wanted to hear, although few were surprised: "The 2020 expres...

When the train beats the plane

We compare a British Airways flight against the high-speed Eurostar train on the London-Paris rou...