Rail transport in Europe has diverse technological standards, operating concepts, and infrastructures. Common features are the widespread use of standard-gauge...
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Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...
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Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF, the national state-owned...
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Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 10,912 kilometres (6,780 mi), the 24th largest in the world. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden...
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Berlin-Amsterdam-Brussels (European Sleeper) 9-Euro-Ticket Rail transport by country Rail transport in Europe Transport in Germany History of rail transport in Germany German...
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freight transport during its operation. In the 2010s, there were new proposals for a light railway system in the capital region and an airport rail link...
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Rail transport in Spain operates on four rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of private and public operators. The total route length in...
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Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859...
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Transport networks in Europe Transport in Europe provides for the movement needs of over 700 million people and associated freight. The political geography...
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Italiane History of rail transport in Italy Railway stations in Italy Transport in Italy Trenitalia Treno Alta Velocità Rail transport in Europe "Railway passenger...
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(AUR) European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM) Djibouti: see Rail transport in Djibouti Eritrea: see Rail transport...
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The International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200-km (4500 mile) long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight...
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as well as a tunnel under the Bosphorus strait which connects Europe and Anatolia by rail for the first time. Turkey is a member of the International Union...
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High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent...
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"Monaco Travel Tips from". Rail Europe. Retrieved 2012-07-04. "Travel by Train in Europe, Best Ticket Prices on TGV-Europe". Tgv-europe.com. Retrieved 2012-07-04...
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transport performance by road and rail (modal split) is 39%. Switzerland was ranked first among national European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway...
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The history of rail transport began before the beginning of the common era. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means...
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main rail network is connected with that of continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1, opened in 1994 and 2007 respectively. In 2019,...
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Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train...
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January 2022. Secretariat of the European Parliament, Directorates-General, Romania's general transport master plan and rail system, retrieved on 17 December...
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Rail transport in Montenegro is operated by four separate companies, which independently handle railway infrastructure, passenger transport, cargo transport...
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March 2014. "Informata për Infrakos | INFRAKOS". infrakos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Media related to Rail transport in Kosovo at Wikimedia Commons...
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Rail transport in Azerbaijan is operated by the national state-owned railway company Azerbaijan Railways (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları). The...
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only country in Europe not to have a standard rail service, although some narrow (Decauville) gauge lines were built during World War I. In 1947, Albania's...
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high-speed rail in Europe uses standard-gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) tracks. Trains portal Rail gauge in North America Rail gauge in South America Rail gauge...
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Rail transport in Morocco is operated by the national railway operator ONCF. It was initially developed during the protectorate[broken anchor]. On 26...
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itself is the responsibility of the Finnish Rail Administration, which is a part of the Finnish Transport Agency (Finnish: Väylävirasto, Swedish: Trafikledsverket)...
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Rail transport in Wales began in the early 19th century initially used for industrial purposes and shortly began to be used for commercial purposes. The...
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Rail transport in Latvia is done on 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge. The main railway company is the state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), with...
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into the European Union in 2004, major financing has been made available by European financing institutions to improve both the Polish rail network and...
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