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Rail transport remains relatively underused as a mode of transport in Vietnam. While road transport dominates the transport sector by far—accounting for 65% of freight moved as of 2006—rail transport accounted for only 4% of freight transportation in 2008, and 5% of passenger transportation, leading it to be considered the "least relevant" of all modes of transport in the European Union's ...
The North–South railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Bắc–Nam, French: Chemin de fer Nord-Sud) is the principal railway line serving the country of Vietnam.It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi).
The Vietnamese railway network. This list enumerates railway lines in Vietnam. The Vietnamese railway system is owned and primarily operated by the state-owned Vietnam Railways (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Việt Nam), although private railway companies also offer special service to key destinations. [1]
Vietnam Railways system Train leaving Sài Gòn Station A section of metre-gauge line in Hanoi. 141-179 steam locomotive exhibited in Vinh railway station. Hanoi Railway Station Shunting the locomotive to the other end at Trại Mát station on the Đà Lạt - Trại Mát line A local train hauled by a D9E/10E locomotive on a passing siding at Phù Mỹ, between Quy Nhơn and Quảng Ngãi On ...
Centered on Paris, from the north and clockwise: Paris–Lille railway; Creil–Jeumont railway (toward Brussels) La Plaine–Hirson (via Soissons and Laon) Paris–Strasbourg railway (via Épernay and Nancy) Paris–Mulhouse railway (via Troyes and Vesoul) Paris–Marseille railway (via Dijon and Lyon)
Like the road system, the French railways are subsidised by the state, receiving €13.2 billion in 2013. [2] The railway system is a small portion of total travel, accounting for less than 10% of passenger travel. [3] From 1981 onwards, a newly constructed set of high-speed Lignes à Grande Vitesse (LGV) lines linked France's most populous ...
The International Transport Forum described the current status of the French railways in their paper "Efficiency indicators of Railways in France": [17] The success of the TGV is undeniable (Crozet 2013). Work started in September 1975 on the first high-speed rail (HSR) line, between Paris and Lyon, and it was inaugurated in September 1981.
The LGV Rhin-Rhône (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse; English: high-speed line) is a French high-speed rail line, the first in France to be presented as an inter-regional route rather than a link from the provinces to Paris, [1] though it actually is used by some trains to/from Paris. The first phase of the eastern branch opened on 11 December ...