• seven separate state rail regulators into a single regulator.[needs update] History of rail transport Rail transport in Australia Webber, J; Wylie, R.F...
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    The history of rail transport began before the beginning of the common era. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means...
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    Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system. It is to a large extent state-based, as each state largely has its own operations...
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    Today passenger rail services are controlled by the Public Transport Authority (a department of the Government of Western Australia) through Transperth...
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    The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles (5,630 km)...
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    Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The...
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  • Rail transport in China began in the late nineteenth century during the Qing dynasty. Since then, the Chinese rail network has become one of the largest...
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    1972, it was part of the Public Transport Commission and from 1980, the State Rail Authority. In 1989, the SRA was split into CityRail, CountryLink and...
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    This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series. The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have...
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    forms of transport in Australia. Australia is highly dependent on road transport. There are more than 300 airports with paved runways. Passenger rail transport...
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  • Urban rail transport forms a vital part of transportation in major Australian cities. The Commonwealth government Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and...
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  • index of articles on rail transport by country. International Union of Railways (UIC) International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Association of American...
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    Rail transport in Tasmania consists of a network of narrow gauge track of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) reaching virtually all cities and major towns in the island...
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    The history of transport is largely one of technological innovation. Advances in technology have allowed people to travel farther, explore more territory...
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    Rail gauges in Australia display significant variations, which has presented an extremely difficult problem for rail transport on the Australian continent...
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    Rail transport in Israel includes heavy rail (inter-city, commuter, and freight rail) as well as light rail. Excluding light rail, the network consists...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2024. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these...
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    Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...
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    The history of rail transport in Mauritius began in the 1860s. The Mauritian rail network was quickly built and it soon provided service to most of the...
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    The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge for a main line, and, in 2013, was claimed...
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    the standard-gauge line in the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor north of Tarcoola. The first railway in colonial South Australia was the horse-drawn tramway...
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    Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking...
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    High-speed rail in Australia has been under investigation since the early 1980s. Every federal government since this time has investigated the feasibility of constructing...
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    Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively...
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    Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1997. 1 January- The Missouri Pacific Railway is merged (officially) into the Union...
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  • Rail transport by country Rail transport in Argentina Rail transport in Australia Rail transport in Belgium Rail transport in Brazil Rail transport in...
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  • This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926. March 14 - El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica kills 248 people. May 1 -...
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  • events related to rail transport that occurred in 1969. January 1 As ordered by court, Penn Central takes over the assets and operations of the bankrupt New...
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    In Nauru, rail transport is used for moving calcium pyrophosphate from the island's interior to the cantilever jetties on the island's western coast. For...
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