But freight and passenger trains still emit around 35 million metric tons of CO2 emissions each year. Right now, only a tiny fraction of American trains are electric. Caltrain is now running the ...

Caltrain will exercise a contract option with Stadler to purchase a battery-equipped electric multiple unit (BEMU) train comprising three passenger cars and one battery-head housing the battery and ...

On the wall inside each passenger car is a live screen showing ... Caltrain engineers are giddy to give these all-electric trains a ride. The new console replaces most of the buttons with screens ...

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains ... passenger mile as the average ...

Two new electric trains in California could be a sign that the notoriously laggard US is finally ready to catch up to the rest of the world. Two new electric trains in California could be a sign ...

Japan’s high-speed bullet trains are famous for speeding across the country—but China wants to set a new world record for the fastest electric passenger rail. Prototype tests are reportedly un ...

In a first for North America, the passenger trains will be powered by electric-battery locomotives “offering clean, green zero-emission service,” according to the New York Metropolitan Transportation ...

As CNN reported over the weekend, the country’s railway industry joined forces to build the world’s longest-ever passenger train ... 25 new “Capricorn” electric trains to power the convoy ...