Soaring brick archways define Sydney's Rail Operations Centre
Architecture practice Smart Design Studio and Jacobs have used red brick arches on a "heroic scale" to create the Rail Operations Centre in Sydney, Australia. More
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Swedish rail company swaps paper tickets for embedded microchips
Swedish train operator SJ Railways has become the latest company to adopt technology that reads microchips embedded in the body, and is using it as an alternative to printed rail passes. More
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PriestmanGoode unveils Hyperloop passenger pods that are "more spaceship than train"
PriestmanGoode has designed passenger cabins for a company that is setting up high-speed Hyperloop transportation networks all around the world. More
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AART designs pop-up train carriages to rejuvenate an old railway in Aarhus
A single-room hotel, a public greenhouse and a set of polling booths are just some of the unusual functions assigned to a set of train carriages designed by Danish studio AART for an old industrial area of Aarhus. More
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Germany welcomes world's first zero-emissions hydrogen trains
A fleet of the world's first zero-emissions passenger trains are set to go into service in Germany. More
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PriestmanGoode "re-evaluates sitting" with designs to tackle train overcrowding
London studio PriestmanGoode has tackled the problem of overcrowding on public transport with new designs that rethink how people sit on their commute (+ movie). More
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Kazuyo Sejima to design mirrored Japanese commuter train
Architect Kazuyo Sejima has unveiled her design for a Japanese commuter train with semi-transparent and mirrored surfaces designed to help it blend in with the surrounding landscape. More
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Ora ïto and Alstom unveil trams for Nice's expanded public transport system
French designer Ora ïto has revealed his tram designs for the Mediterranean city of Nice, which will be charged through the ground rather than via overhead cables (+ movie). More
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Transport for London unveils designs for 200-metre-long Crossrail trains
Transport for London has released renderings and a video showing the trains originally designed by Barber and Osgerby for the city's east-west rail link Crossrail (+ movie). More
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Eurostar unveils train design by Pininfarina to celebrate 20th anniversary
News: Eurostar has revealed a fleet of trains by Italian transport design studio Pininfarina that will serve a new range of European cities, marking the cross-channel rail service's 20th anniversary. More
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Barber and Osgerby to design trains for London's Crossrail
News: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have been appointed to design the trains for Europe's biggest railway and infrastructure project. More
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Billionaire reveals Hyperloop supersonic transport system
News: entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed designs for a supersonic Hyperloop transport system to link Los Angeles and San Francisco in just 30 minutes (+ slideshow). More
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Il Treno by Tjep
Milan 2013: Dutch design studio Tjep. will launch a dining booth inspired by old train compartments at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next week. More
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Moving Platforms by Priestmangoode
Industrial designers Priestmangoode have revealed a concept for high-speed trains that would transfer passengers to local services while still moving, instead of stopping at stations. More
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Mercury high-speed train by Priestmangoode
British designers Priestmangoode have unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK. More
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Deptford Project Café by Morag Myerscough
Graphic designer Morag Myerscough has created the Deptford Project Café - a café inside a 1960s commuter train carriage in Deptford, south east London. More
