All articles by Chris Lo

The highest bidder: Virgin, FirstGroup and the West Coast Main Line

After the loss of the West Coast Main Line franchise to FirstGroup in August, Virgin Trains is at risk of…
August’s top stories: FirstGroup ousts Virgin and Brazil revives high-speed rail

Amtrak rolls out eTicket system across national rail networkUS rail operator Amtrak's plans for high-speed rail on the Northeast Corridor…
UK train derails amid heavy flooding

A passenger train carrying workers to the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria, UK, partially derailed this morning, as flash flooding…
Back to life: Brazil’s revived high-speed dream

Originally planned to be operational in time for the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazil's $16.5bn Trem de Alta Velocidade (TAV) high-speed…
The grand plan: Amtrak’s $151bn vision for the Northeast Corridor

Developments in the last few years have left US high-speed rail supporters with little to smile about. President Obama's ambitious…

FirstGroup takes over UK’s West Coast Mainline franchise

The UK's largest rail operator FirstGroup has won a £5.5bn contract to run the West Coast Mainline, beating out Virgin…
July’s top stories: driverless trains, high-speed rail and investment plans

South Korea's driverless Uijeongbu LRT line opensThe march of driverless train technology continues apace, the latest example being the new…
East Coast Main Line set for £240m upgrade

The UK's East Coast Main Line is to receive an investment of £240m to improve capacity and reduce journey times.The…
Rail at Rio+20: sustainable transport in the cities of the future

A lot has changed since the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was held in Rio de Janeiro in…
Driverless train technology and the London Underground: the great debate

Driverless train technology might not be a new concept for the world's metro systems, but it's still something of a…