All Country profile articles – Page 19
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Switzerland - country profile
Completion of Bahn 2000 infrastructure development in 2004 has raised passenger traffic, with follow-up Bahn 2030 launched in 2009. Alpine base tunnels aim at freight transit modal shift.
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Thailand - country profile
Network upgrades including double-tracking have aimed at increasing capacity and reducing freight transit times. High speed plans remain at the development stage. Bangkok’s urban network is expanding.
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Norway - country profile
Several major renewal and capacity upgrading projects are in hand, with the inter-city triangle around Oslo seeing the most investment; double-tracking of the 450 km network is planned by 2030.
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Turkey - country profile
Renewal and expansion has included high speed lines from Ankara to Eskisehir in 2009, and to Konya in 2011. Istanbul’s metro has expanded greatly, and a dozen cities have built light rail lines.
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France - country profile
One of the pioneers of high-speed railways, France has invested heavily in developing its Paris-centred long-distance railway network by building new high-speed lines.
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Indonesia - country profile
Having seen decades of under investment, Indonesia is now seeing a resurgece in rail investment covering the existing main line network as well as new high speed projects and metro corridors in Jakarta.
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United Kingdom - country profile
Since restructuring and privatisation in the 1990s, infrastructure has now returned to public ownership. An electrification programme has stalled, and a planned high-speed network scaled back.
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Eswatini - country profile
Much of the network is moribund, leaving limited sugar exports through Mozambique and some imports via its Matsapha yard. The Swazilink project could bring significant investment.
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Germany - country profile
Since reunification much investment has been channeled into ‘unity projects’ meant to integrate east and west, into other high-speed railway projects, rolling stock and station modernisation.
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India - country profile
India is pushing ahead with network-wide electrification, together with construction of high-performance freight and passenger lines.
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Japan - country profile
There has been slow, but steady expansion of the Shinkansen network, with a government programme of extensions to the network until at least 2035.
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China - country profile
The world’s largest high-speed network continues to grow, and China is now creating an ‘8x8’ grid of routes. It has also opened more than 40 new metros since 2000.
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Chile - country profile
Chile has both metre and broad-gauge networks, with a mix of private and concessioned operations. In Santiago, investment in passenger services, especially the metro, has seen network expansion.
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Brazil - country profile
After decades of under-investment, the Brazilian state operator RFFSA was split up and privatised into concessions in 1997. Freight concessions were auctioned by the federal government.
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Belgium - country profile
Following completion of HSL 1, built to connect Brussels with the French section of LGV Nord Europe, Infrabel has overseen the construction of three more high speed lines.
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Austria - country profile
Austria’s geographical position makes it a key European transit route for both east – west and north – south rail traffic, with freight traffic increasing its modal share by a third between 2000 and 2010.
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Australia - country profile
Most rail investment has focused on heavy-haul mineral traffic in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. A 1700 km Melbourne – Brisbane Inland Rail freight corridor is under construction.
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Saudi Arabia - country profile
Two vertically-integrated government companies operate the network, being expanded through heavy-haul, land bridge and high-speed projects. Metros are being built in Riyadh, Jeddah and Makkah.
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United Arab Emirates - country profile
A national network for freight transport is under development, with the first section in service. Dubai has both metro and light rail, while Abu Dhabi is developing plans.
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United States of America - country profile
Rail freight dominates having 40% tonne-km market share, whilst only the Northeast Corridor carries significant long-distance passenger traffic. Major cities have metro and light rail systems.
