AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Minister test drives as France launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
Alstom's Coradia iLint train, the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen, is tested for the first time in France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Press Association
London Euston extremely quiet as second day of rail strikes gets under way
Footage of London Euston on a second day of planned RMT strike action. The station is remarkably quiet as only around a fifth of trains are running across the entire network.
Around 40,000 members of the RMT union have staged the walkout...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Heatwave leaves UK rail passengers stranded
As Britain faces its hottest ever day, all trains are cancelled from London's King's Cross station, leaving travellers stranded (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Press Association
'It's a very sad for the railway' - Network Rail's chief negotiator on upcoming strikes
Network Rail's chief negotiator Tim Shoveller at Euston Station calls the upcoming strike action "very sad", and urges passengers to only travel if they really need to.
On Thursday and Saturday, only around a fifth of normal services...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Beyond the tracks: a look at the maintenance of Paris metro carriages
The challenge is to wash the trains as quickly as possible": french transport operator RATP is equipped with a huge washing machine capable of cleaning a complete train in "1.5 minutes" so as not to disrupt traffic, and also a...
Press Association
Railway workers to stage series of strikes in December and January
Statement with RMT general secretary Mick Lynch as railway workers are to stage a series of 48-hour strikes in December and January in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
More than 40,000 members of the Rail,...
Press Association
Mick Lynch: Train strikes are going ahead
RMT boss Mick Lynch speaks to the media in London where he confirms train strikes in the UK will be going ahead.
Press Association
Mick Lynch: Strikes are going ahead
RMT boss Mick Lynch speaks to the media in London where he confirms train strikes in the UK will be going ahead.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : "Thank you SNCF strikers": some frustrated grandparents demonstrate
"Grandpa alone at Christmas, thank you SNCF strikers", reads a placard carried by Michel, a 73-year-old pensioner, who is demonstrating outside Brest station with a handful of grandparents against the strike which prevents them from...
Press Association
Train drivers strike outside Euston station
Rail passengers face fresh travel chaos on Friday because of another strike by train drivers which will leave large parts of the country with no services all day.
Press Association
Rail strikes could last until 2026, union boss warns
Strikes by train drivers could continue for three more years, a trade union boss has warned.
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan spoke as the majority of Britain’s train services were cancelled on Friday due to industrial action.
Bridgeman Arts
Outbreak of WW1. German troops are given equipment and leave on trains. 1914.
Outbreak of WW1. German troops are given equipment and leave on trains. 1914.
Bridgeman Arts
Metal forging, construction industry, tanks, shipbuilding
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
Bridgeman Arts
They Made News - shots inside an archive, cinemas and the beginnings of filmmaking
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century.
Bloomberg
The Fall and Rise of Train Travel in America
Feb.04 -- The long, disheartening decline of passenger rail in the U.S. may be turning around, thanks in part to the ambitious efforts of a new high-speed train service in Florida connecting Miami to Orlando.
Bridgeman Arts
Sweden 1970s - transport: boat, ship, railway, car, and aviation
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of different modes of transportation, including boat, ship, train, car, bus, and aeroplane.
Little Baby Bum
ABC Train Song
Take a ride on the alphabet train! Sing along as the train passes by each letter while friendly voices sing the ABC song.
SciShow
Pneumatic Tubes: Transportation of the Past... And Future?
Is the future of transportation taken from an idea in the past? Explore the invention and development of pneumatic tubes with a video that details why pneumatic tubes were popular and why they fell out of mainstream use. The video also...
Rockin' English Lessons
Transport Song
Planes, trains, cars, feet, boats, buses, and bikes. Sing along with a music video and watch hand-drawn animation that highlights modes of transportation.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Eric the Engine and the Railway Rock
After listening to and reading along with this story, print off the activity sheet to practice sequencing. Good for checking comprehension for early intermediate English language learners or any beginning reader.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Safe Roads
Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains.