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.

《軌道交通與快速交通雜志》發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科。它提供了一種在工業界和學術界之間共享技術知識、想法和發展的持續手段。該期刊力求涵蓋創新概念、分析方法的進步和實際發展工作的實例。已確定軌道應用的基礎研究包括在期刊的范圍內。該范圍涵蓋了鐵路科學和工程的各個方面，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；車輛與基礎設施和環境的互動；系統基礎設施和接口；聯運和多式聯運；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；數據和數字鐵路；鐵路工程趨勢。