Gender has been a vibrant category of historical analysis for many years. Most branches of historical inquiry have been subject to the scrutiny of gendered lenses and the ensuing, often highly controversial, debates have advanced knowledge considerably. Gender history, a form of inquiry that challenges sex-blindness, realistically and symbolically, has and can continue to produce dynamic new perspectives on and insights into the past. This special issue of this journal focuses on the proposition that taking gender seriously will produce different perspectives on transport history.