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  1. Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport.

    • Rail Transport

      A railway or railroad is a guided means of land transport,...

    • Railway Company

      A rail transport company is a company active within the rail...

    • Railway Track

      In Europe, rail is graded in kilograms per metre and the...

  2. History of rail transportation in the United States. The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s).

  3. Rail transport is the movement of passengers and goods using wheeled vehicles called trains, made to run on railway tracks. In most countries, this transportation method helps trade and economic growth.

  4. Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. It is a rapid, energy-efficient, but capital-intensive means of mechanized land transport .

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