《軌道交通與快速交通雜志》發(fā)表了同行評議的文章，專門介紹適用于軌道交通和快速交通的所有工程學(xué)科。它提供了一種在工業(yè)界和學(xué)術(shù)界之間共享技術(shù)知識、想法和發(fā)展的持續(xù)手段。該期刊力求涵蓋創(chuàng)新概念、分析方法的進步和實際發(fā)展工作的實例。已確定軌道應(yīng)用的基礎(chǔ)研究包括在期刊的范圍內(nèi)。該范圍涵蓋了鐵路科學(xué)和工程的各個方面，包括：動力、牽引和機車車輛；客貨運輸；正線和城郊鐵路；輕軌/城市交通；大都會；磁懸浮列車；軌道系統(tǒng)；車輛與基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和環(huán)境的互動；系統(tǒng)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和接口；聯(lián)運和多式聯(lián)運；人為因素；指揮和控制；可靠性和安全性；檢查和維護；客戶接口；數(shù)據(jù)和數(shù)字鐵路；鐵路工程趨勢。

The Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit publishes peer-reviewed articles devoted to all engineering disciplines applied to rail and rapid transit. It provides a continuing means of sharing technical knowledge, ideas and developments between industry and academia.The Journal seeks to encompass innovative concepts, advances in analytical methods, and examples of actual developmental work. Basic research with identified rail applications is included in the Journal's scope.The scope extends to all aspects of trailway science and engineering including:Motive power, traction and rolling stock;Passenger and freight;Mainline and suburban railways;Light rail / urban transit;Metros;Maglev;Track systems;Interaction of vehicles with the infrastructure and the environment;System infrastructure and interfaces;Inter and multi-modal transport;Human factors;Command and control;Reliability and safety;Inspection and maintenance;Customer interfaces;Data and the digital railway;Railway engineering trends.