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Countries with defunct rail networks [83] Country Comment ISO 3166-1 Antigua and Barbuda: Had agricultural / industrial lines 028 Bahamas: Had a plantation railway 044 Barbados: Had a public railway. Has a 3 km tourist line opened in 2019. 052 Belize: Had one public railway and a number of private lines 084 Brunei
First railway line by country. Europe was the epicenter of rail transport and has today one of the densest networks (an average of 46 km (29 mi) for every 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) in the EU as of 2013). [8]
1 National (state) railways. ... United Kingdom - British Rail (BR) (privatized 1997) Vatican City - Ferrovie del Vaticano; Regional and private railways
350,000 km (218,000 mi) were in Europe and mainly used for passenger service, 370,000 km (230,000 mi) were in North America and mainly used for freight, and; 230,000 km (140,000 mi) were in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service. [1] In America and Europe, many low-fare airlines and motorways compete with rail for passenger traffic.
Nock, O. S. Railways in the transition from steam, 1940-1965 (1974) online Nock, O. S. Railways then and now: a world history (1975) online Nock, O. S. Railways of Western Europe (1977) online
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
Countries shown in green have at least one operational metro system. Countries shown in yellow have at least one metro system under construction. City Primary city served by the metro system. Country Sovereign state in which the metro system is located. Name The most common English name of the metro system (including a link to the article for ...
In May 2022, some countries in the European Union strongly reduced the price for traveling on public transport, among others, because this is a relatively climate-friendly mode of transportation: Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy. During summer of 2022, Germany reduced the price to Є9 per month. In some cities the price was cut by more than 90%.