Rail transport
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rail-transport-166-5287798
title:
Rail transport
text:
Rail 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. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mode of transport
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport
date created:
2001-09-06T14:21:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T21:33:52Z
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13
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