When the first train in India set off in 1853 from Bombay to Thane, pulled by three steam locomotives named Sahib, Sindh and Sultan, it covered just 34 km but ignited a transport revolution. In the ...

The first of 1,200 electric freight locomotives being built by Siemens Mobility has been handed over to Indian Railways for ...

India is stepping up the adoption of battery and alternative fuel-powered train engines as it moves to phase out diesel locomotives on short and medium-distance routes, following the near-complete ...

Discover what happens to trains after they retire, from second-life transformations into goods carriers to organised scrapping.