This is the most detailed accounting to date of the technical problems light rail faces, and possible actions to fix them.

The prototype could herald a new age of environmentally-friendly transport on Britain's railways and boost the nation's ...

The pantograph runs by rubbing against the wire installed on the top of the train. Electricity comes to the train through these wires. Two types of pantographs are used in electric trains.

China is trying an alternative solution, though, in the form of a hydrogen-powered train full of supercapacitors. CRRC is a Chinese state-owned company in the rolling stock business. It’s at the ...

Officials also say one of the Hokuriku bullet train's pantographs — apparatuses that collect power from an overhead line — was damaged. Workers inspect a damaged pantograph on the Hokuriku ...

The train is expected to normally run at 248mph ... dynamic performance, and pantograph systems, reports the China Science and Technology Daily. The vehicle employs a water-cooled permanent ...

The disruption occurred when the pantograph of a Bandel-Howrah EMU local got entangled with the overhead wire while leaving Bandel station, affecting train movement in the main line section ...

He stepped down to inspect the train and, at 5:56 p.m., reported that the lead railcar was on fire. The crew lowered the pantograph power supply from the overhead wires and moved passengers to the ...