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Kazakhstan’s New Metro Is The Only Clean Subway You’ll See

10:00AM January 25, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Kazakhstan isn’t the first country I’d associate with modernism and gleaming infrastructure, but according to photos from English Russia, I’m dead wrong: the Altmay Metro is gorgeous. And, shocking to any urbanite, gorgeously clean, like Star Trek with more maids. More »


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Grapefruit-Sized ‘Goal Balls’ Aim To Clear Indonesian Train Roofs Of Ruffians

10:30PM January 20, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Need to keep the riff-raff off the roof of your shiny new commuter train? Do what Indonesia’s state railway did and just sweep the little bastards off with a broom made of suspended concrete balls. Remember to duck. More »


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Sydney’s Monorail Potentially Getting The Chop

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9:30AM January 10, 2012 | Nick Broughall

Many Sydney-siders believe that the only good thing about the city’s monorail system is the fact it offers a small column of shade while crossing Pyrmont Bridge. The state government isn’t too fussed on it either, telling developers to not let the monorail constrain their thinking when it comes to redeveloping the Convention Centre side of Darling Harbour. More »


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Video: SkyTrains In Sydney North West Rail Plans

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4:00PM December 21, 2011 | Danny Allen

First high-speed rail, now sky trains! Well, sort of. Expanded plans for Sydney’s $8 billion rail link from Epping to the North West now include a 4km elevated section at Bella Vista. Pylons will run alongside Windsor Road to Rouse Hill, and though they won’t go over homes, the track will reportedly be close to some back yards. More »


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Waldorf-Astoria’s Presidential Entrance Has Secret Train Station

3:20AM November 10, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

How did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt get into the Waldorf-Astoria without alerting the paparazzi? A secret subterranean train station, obviously. More »


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World’s Strongest Electric Train, With 10,500hp Of RAWR

1:30AM September 27, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

5.8 seconds. That’s how fast an Re 620 electric locomotive can top 100km/h from a standing start. Which is handy when one needs to pull 725 tonnes of freight through some of Europe’s highest peaks. More »


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Nothing Says ‘Steal Me’ Like Tokyo Lightsabre Train Hand Rails

5:00AM September 26, 2011 | Jack Loftus

The Force is strong with these promotional lightsabre hand rails, seen this past week in Tokyo as a way to promote the already massively successful Star Wars saga Blu-ray re-release. Let’s hope whatever’s holding them in place is equally strong. More »


Entertainment

NYC Subways Getting Their Very Own 47-Inch Touchscreens

11:40PM September 19, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Because why not? Many a New Yorker has been caught unawares by service changes, delays and other forms of public transport stuff-ups. With that in mind, NYC Transit and Cisco are installing 47-inch On the Go! Travel Stations for flustered commuters. More »


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Watch Kids Dodge Death While They Hang Off A Moving Train

3:40AM August 30, 2011 | Casey Chan

Not satisfied with trying to outrun trains, looney kids are now latching onto the side of a MOVING train and playfully dodging things that they pass by. Right when you think they’ll smash into a pole, they manage to stay alive. It’s insane. More »


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Why Do Idiots Keep Trying To Outrun Speeding Trains?

8:45AM August 29, 2011 | Brent Rose

There is clearly some kind of locomotive Darwinism at work, but miraculously both of these idiots (including an Australian) survived. We hope these serve as a warning to not ever be this stupid. More »