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1912 to 1965 (peak length of 399 km [15]); (network under construction in 2008–2011, but works stopped, see Libyan Railways) 434 Malta: Had a railway line from 1883 until 1931 (11 km) and a three line tramway network from 1905 until 1929 (circa 14 km) 470 Micronesia: 583 Nicaragua: Suspended in September 2001 558 Oman
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 ...
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 ...
Tramway networks in Milan, Turin and Rome; Orvieto Funicular; railway network until 1930. Spain Madrid Metro: 1,448 mm 4 ft 9 in: England Manchester and Leeds Railway: United States Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad, Strasburg Rail Road (converted to standard gauge). [citation needed] 1,450 mm 4 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 32 in: Germany
New Zealand Railways Corporation (Rail operator 1981 – 1990, land owner 1990 – 2003, Ontrack 2003–2008, railway land owner 2008 – present) New Zealand Rail Limited (Defunct, privatised 1993, renamed Tranz Rail in 1995) Tranz Rail (Defunct, brought out by Toll New Zealand in 2003) Toll New Zealand (Defunct, brought out by Government 2008)
Oman has planned a 2,144-km high-speed rail network connecting the seaports of Salalah, Duqm, and Sohar, and linking with the Gulf Railway at Hafeet on its border with the United Arab Emirates. [177] The project was put on hold in 2014 due to falling oil prices, and the link to the Gulf Railway was suspended in 2016. [178]
Aalborg Commuter Rail: DSB: 1 7 27 Copenhagen: S-train 1: S-tog: 7 85 170 357,000 Cairo Egypt: Cairo Light Rail Transit [Note 5] [22] 1 12 70 Tallinn Estonia: Elektriraudtee: 4 37 132 Helsinki Finland: Helsinki commuter rail: VR commuter rail: 14 55 236 200,000 [23] Tampere: Tampere commuter rail: Nysse: 2 20 Lille France: TER Hauts-De-France ...
English: Map of the railway network of South Africa: open lines are black, closed lines are light grey, and lifted lines are not shown. Selected cities and towns labelled. Selected cities and towns labelled.