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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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    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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    Rail transport in India consists of primarily of passenger and freight shipments along an integrated rail network. Indian Railways (IR), a statutory body...
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    Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail (Welsh: Trafnidiaeth Cymru and TrC Trenau), is a Welsh publicly owned train...
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    Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system. It is to a large extent state-based, as each state largely has its own operations...
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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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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2024. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these...
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    Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2024, the country had more than 159,000 km (98,798 mi) of railways...
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    The Swiss rail network is noteworthy for its density, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and...
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    heaviest rail mass-produced was 155 pounds per yard (77 kg/m) and was rolled for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The rails used in rail transport are produced...
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    Rail transport in Russia runs on one of the biggest railway networks in the world. Russian railways are the third longest by length and third by volume...
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    Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport...
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    Rail transport in Malaysia consists of heavy rail (including commuter rail), light rapid transit (LRT), mass rapid transit (MRT), monorails, airport rail...
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    Secretariat of Communications and Transport of Mexico proposed a high-speed rail link that would have transported passengers from Mexico City to Guadalajara...
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    from about 7000 km to only 3000 km. The sole regulator of Indonesian rail transport system is the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation...
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    Rail transport in Europe is characterized by the diversity of technological standards, operating concepts, and infrastructures. Common features are the...
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  • Rail transport operations are the day-to-day operations of a railway. A railway has two major components: the infrastructure (the permanent way, tracks...
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    Transport in the United Kingdom is highly facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Transport is a devolved matter with each of the countries...
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  • an index of articles on rail transport by country. International Union of Railways (UIC) International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Association of American...
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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 Taiwan consists of 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) (as of 2015) of railway networks. Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport...
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    Germany's rail freight of 117 billion tons/kilometer meant it carried 17.6% of all inland German cargo in 2015. In 2018, railways in Germany transported the...
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    December 1947. The growth in road transport during the 1920s and 1930s greatly reduced revenue for the rail companies. Rail companies accused the government...
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    Rail transport in Ireland (InterCity, commuter and freight) is provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways...
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    Rail transport in the Netherlands uses a dense railway network which connects nearly all major towns and cities. There are as many train stations as there...
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    and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives...
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    In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels...
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    Rail transport plays a crucial role in connecting various regions of Thailand, transporting both goods and passengers through a range of transportation...
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    Train (redirect from Train (rail transport))
    land transport. High-speed rail, first built in the 1960s, has proven competitive with cars and planes over short to medium distances. Commuter rail has...
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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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