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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: Has a 4 km section of pier railway (so is outside the definition for this article) 096 Burundi: Had an internal port railway 108 Cape Verde: Had a harbour railway 132 Central African Republic: Had a short ...
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 ...
Via Rail, Canada's main intercity rail provider, transported 5 million passengers in 2019. Commuter railway systems in and around Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver transported an additional 101.9 million passengers in 2019. 33 Finland: 92.8 2019 [35] 14.9 million / year long-distance 77.9 million / year in Helsinki commuter traffic: 34 ...
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]
Nock, O. S. Railways in the years of preeminence 1905-1919 (1971) online Nock, O. S. Railways in the formative years, 1851-1895 (1973) online Nock, O. S. Railways in the transition from steam, 1940-1965 (1974) online
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds above 250 km/h (155 mph) or upgraded lines ...
Children's railways by country (3 C) Railway lines in Chile (13 P) Railway lines in China (4 C, 272 P) Railway lines in Croatia (4 C, 20 P) Railway lines in Cuba (1 P)
This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. As of 30 November 2024, 202 cities in 62 countries have a metro system.