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Janes World Railways is a directory of railway activities worldwide. It is published annually by Jane's Information Services.Janes World Railways (JWR) provides details on railway systems and operators, manufacturers of equipment, technology and services, and consultancy associations.
This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past. In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.
This is a sortable list of countries by rail transport network size based on length of rail lines. [1] ... World 1,374,001 426,313 31.03% 107.95 372.12 4,814 2006
Map of the world with rail density (length of rail network divided by area of country) highlighted. This does not necessarily reflect actual rail use. This is a list of countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport ...
The highest railway in the world is the line to Lhasa, in Tibet, [72] partly running over permafrost territory. Western Europe has the highest railway density in the world and many individual trains there operate through several countries despite technical and organizational differences in each national network.
Horse-drawn railway from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic; coal railways Thomasroith–Attnang and Breitenschützing–Kohlgrube. 3 Austrian Fuß (ft) 6 Zoll (inch) 1,130 mm 3 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: England London Pneumatic Despatch Company: 1,143 mm 3 ft 9 in: England
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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 ...