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UK train network to get £90m on-board Wi-Fi boost with free speeds for all
By Chris Smith published
Rail users on the UK's busiest routs could soon have access to free and fast Wi-Fi speeds under plans to upgrade the network

10 future transport inventions set to supercharge any journey
By Carrie Marshall published
In depth Electric unicycles, square wheels and flying cars: the weird inventions that might just be the future of transport.

Planes, trains and automo...boats approved for superfast satellite broadband
By Kate Solomon published
Ofcom has given satellite-based internet the thumbs up for use on various vehicles.

Inside The Hyperloop: transport's mind-boggling new future
By Duncan Geere published
In Depth Not content with conquering space and electrifying cars, Elon Musk wants to change high-speed travel forever. Here's how...

262mph train sets speed record in China
By Adam Hartley published
Remember when 125mph seemed like the fastest thing in the world, while sitting on an Inter-City train in the 1980s, idly dreaming about the future?

Segway owner falls to death from Yorkshire cliff
By Adam Hartley published
The UK boss of motorised scooter company Segway has fallen to his death in a tragic accident, after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off a cliff.

London transport test for automatic speed limiters
By Patrick Goss published
The UK took another step towards the introduction of automatic speed limiters, with a new trial starting within London that sees a bus, a taxi and cars all fitted with a device.

Self-driving cars set to cut fuel consumption
By J. Mark Lytle published
Back in the 1950s, boys' comics often featured utopian visions of a future world where cars variously flew, spoke to their owners or drove themselves. Some of that may soon become a reality.
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