Trains in the Netherlands are getting armed with lasers as part of a test to see if they can burn away dangerous material on the tracks, including autumn leaves. Freelancer Michael Franco writes ...

High pressure water jets are being used to spray train tracks this autumn in the latest attempt by rail operators to ease delays caused by leaves every year. Until 12 December, a fleet of six ...

THIS train is coming to a line near you – but you won't be able to catch it. Network Rail's autumn treatment train ... has more than 1,300 miles of track, much of which is surrounded by ...

Scotland’s Railway has launched one of its biggest autumn treatment programmes to keep tracks free of leaves ... s autumn preparations - which saw train punctuality reach 91.3 per cent compared ...