All articles by Chris Lo

Running on wind: the Dutch rail network’s renewable revolution

Harried Dutch commuters may not be entirely cognisant of the fact, but they may soon be travelling on one of…
Out of limbo: breathing new life into abandoned stations

Unlike their surface counterparts, for underground metro stations, death is not the end. While above-ground railway stations and other buildings…
Tracks in time: 200 years of locomotive technology

Evolution of Locomotive Technology, Milestones in Railway Innovation It's been more than two centuries since Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick showed…
Learning to be a Rail Safety and Accident Investigator with Cranfield University

Frances Marcellin: What was the motivation behind creating this course?Graham Braithwaite: In 2004, Cranfield launched a new three-week continuing professional…
Protecting passengers on India’s next-gen network

In the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's general election triumph in May 2014, India's railways have found themselves bearing…

SafeRail level crossing study: putting ideas into action

Since the SafeRail project set out in 2013 to assess the feasibility of using satellite technology to improve safety at…
San Francisco’s ‘fleet of the future’

Big changes are underway on San Francisco's Bay Area Transit System (BART). After beginning service 42 years ago, its original…
Fare’s fair: does UK rail offer value for money?

When the Conservative-led UK government kicked off the process of privatising the country's railways in 1993, it faced stiff opposition.…
Rail overcrowding: rescuing the London commuter

"London's poor don't live in Harrow Road, they live in Enfield and Tolworth and if you can't get them to…
China’s fast track to high-speed rail exports

The longer one looks at the numbers involved in China's high-speed rail (HSR) transformation over the last 15 years, the…