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	Rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads.
		Rail transport is an energy-efficient means of mechanised land transport.
		Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track used by trains in both directions; on rail lines like these, "crossovers", "passing loops" or "passing sidings", which consist of short stretches of double track, are provided along the line to allow trains to pass each other, and travel in opposite directions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_transport (2760 words)

	Rail - Transport Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transport Canada works to improve safety at railway crossings and monitors Canada's rail infrastructure in areas such as its impact on the environment and sustainable transportation, safety and accessibility.
		Accessible transportation - Transport Canada is working to develop and promote strategies and policies that seek to provide accessibility for persons with disabilities, seniors, and other citizens with unique needs.
		Rail bridges - Transport Canada is responsible for the safety oversight of federally regulated railway bridges.
	www.tc.gc.ca /rail/menu.htm (335 words)

	Rail transport - Queensland Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Queensland Transport develops rail policy advice and is the lead agency through which the Queensland Government contracts for the provision of rail services and infrastructure to enhance transport solutions for Queensland.
		The department holds the perpetual lease over all rail corridor land in Queensland (about 9550 kilometres) and therefore is the custodian and protector of the corridor's integrity now and into the future.
		However, Queensland Transport approves third party use of the corridors for a range of activities such as telecommunications, advertising and other commercial and community uses as well as associated tenure arrangements.
	www.transport.qld.gov.au /Home.nsf/index/rail (229 words)

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		Rail transport is described in document MTN.GNS/W/120 as containing five sub-categories: passenger transportation, freight transportation, pushing and towing services, maintenance and repair of rail transport equipment, and supporting services for rail transport services.
		Overview of the economic, trade and regulatory characteristics of rail transport Railway companies were set up and operated in the 19th century as competing private enterprises, even though at that time they already received practical government support (allocation of land alongside the railway lines being built in the United States, financing of infrastructure).
		The development of combined transport remains extremely marginal, particularly piggy-back transport, and is highly dependent on subsidies or sometimes restrictive transit measures by government authorities, which utilize railways as an ecological and energy-saving alternative to the growing congestion on major highways.
	www.wto.org /english/tratop_e/serv_e/w61.doc (5459 words)

	Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A sustainable transport policy should aim at modal substitution in long-distance intercity traffic movement in the country, where the rail and road modes are in competition.
		The nature of the relative impact of rail and road transport suggests that a number of factors have to be given due consideration in the formulation of transport policy: category of traffic, type of traction on rail, type of passenger movement on road, and the trade-off between greater energy efficiency and greater environmental damage potential.
		The national modal split between rail and road (in percentage terms) in 2000-01 is estimated at 26:74 for freight movement and 18:82 for passenger movement.
	www.epw.org.in /showArticles.php?root=2003&leaf=10&filename=6384&filetype=html (2982 words)

	Rail Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In January 1999, the average weekly wage was $981.64 for the rail transport sector as compared to $713.66 for sectors under federal jurisdiction (or 37.6% higher than average for all sectors under federal jurisdiction).
		The following table shows that the average annual rate of wage increase for the rail transport sector is equal to the average of sectors under federal jurisdiction from 1988 to 1993, and higher for 1994 to 1998.
		In 1996, the disabling injury frequency rate in rail transport rose from 19.74 to 20.98, while in the combined federal jurisdiction industries, an increase of 1.6% was reported.
	www.hrsdc.gc.ca /asp/gateway.asp?hr=/en/lp/wid/oa/31Rail_Transport.shtml&hs=wxa (5099 words)

	Category:Rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A railway or railroad is a guided means of land transport, designed to be used by trains, for transporting both passengers and freight.
		It consists of two parallel rails, usually made of steel, and wooden or concrete sleepers or ties that hold the rails exactly at the proper distance from each other.
		The main article for this category is Rail transport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Rail_transport (201 words)

	Rail transport : Rail Transport
		High speed rail, with speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour, are achieved by a specially built railroad and special trains.
		A dual gauge track has three or four rails positioned such that trains of two gauges can use it; it is applied in part of the railroads of Switzerland, Australia, Brazil, North Korea, Tunisia and Vietnam.
		With the advent of containerized freight in the 1980s, rail and ship transportation have become an integrated network that move bulk goods very efficiently with a very low labor cost.
	www.findword.org /ra/rail-transport.html (1001 words)

	Transport innovations Rail transport
		Similar to passengers transport an increase of speed is an important driving force for new developments in rail freight transport.
		In contradiction to passenger transport however, technological developments are less focused towards increasing the maximum speed of trains, but rather towards improving the transit time in the total logistic chain.
		Since speed of terminal transport and handling are assumed to rise, this might have a negative influence on energy consumption.
	www.tbm.tudelft.nl /webstaf/jann/git5.htm (4896 words)

	Transport
		The rail transport is the most transport that is being used by the people of Philippi Township.
		Metro Rail is the one of the most transports in building the sense of combining or integrating the various modes of public transport: rail, bus, and taxis.
		The rail safety programme is designed to improve the awareness of the risk associated with rail and rail traffic, and this has been done in every station including Philippi.
	www.saep.org /TownshipConnection/topics/Transport.htm (595 words)

	Rail transport at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In all, under the right circumstances, a train needs 50-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than by road.
		In the late 18th century, iron rails began to be employed: British civil engineer William Jessop designed edge rails to be used with flanged wheels for use on a scheme in Loughborough, Leicestershire (in 1789 and subsequently opened an iron-works to produce more rails).
		Underground railway, Rail gauge, History of rail transport, List of railway companies, Locomotive, Public transport, Private transport, Private railroad, Railroad switch, Famous trains, Railway Mail Service, Economy of Earth (Transportation section), Driving, First Transcontinental Railroad (North America), Railway electrification system.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Rail_transport.html (1156 words)

	Rail Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) was created via Executive Order 603 on July 12, 1980 in order to oversee the construction and operation of the Light Rail Transit project which is extended from Baclaran in Pasay City to Monumento in Caloocan.
		In the light of the popular use of the LRT, it was placed under the Department of Transportation and Communications and its mandate was expanded to cover other light rail projects in Metropolitan Manila.
		Transport through Manila’s congested streets is set to be revolutionized as work begins on Metrorail Project.
	www.dotc.gov.ph /actioncenter/agency/railtransport.htm (565 words)

	EyeforTransport - transportation glossary A-B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A share of the capacity of a means of transport assigned to a certain party, e.g.
		The return movement of a means of transport which has provided a transport service in one direction.
		B/L R 302: A modern document for either Combined Transport or Port to Port shipments depending whether the relevant spaces for place of receipt and/or place of delivery are indicated on the face of the document.
	www.eyefortransport.com /glossary/ab.shtml (2915 words)

	RailCorp: Home
		RailCorp, a merger of the State Rail Authority of NSW and the metropolitan functions of the Railway Infrastructure Corporation was officially formed on 1 January 2004.
		Part of the wide-ranging reform of the NSW public transport sector, the establishment of RailCorp was aimed at delivering single point of accountability across the railways.
		RailCorp provides passenger rail transport throughout NSW via its CityRail and CountryLink services and is responsible for the safe operation, crewing and maintenance of passenger trains and stations.
	www.railcorp.info (181 words)

	Rail Transport
		Here is some of my experience with common carrier trucking and rail transport.
		Rail transport will require a siding, unloading, and storage near the job.
		Rail transport takes a surprising long transit time.
	www.precastconsulting.com /Thirdlevel/Railtransport.html (383 words)

	Rail and Intermodal Transportation Information at Business.com
		Transportation company with two divisions that provide corporate shippers with a wide range of transportation services.
		Operates passenger rail services and associated feeder coach networks throughout the Sydney metropolitan and outer-urban areas, and regional centres of New South Wales.
		Transport Strategies Ltd is a UK-based transport consultancy that specializes in providing advice and assistance to companies in the rail sector.
	www.business.com /directory/transportation_and_logistics/rail_and_intermodal/index.asp?partner=FT (403 words)

	Frequently asked questions (Rail) - Transport Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transport Canada is responsible for safety regulation in the rail transportation industry.
		It was designed to achieve the objectives of the national transportation policy relating to the safety of railway operations.
		Transport Canada is committed to reducing the number of injuries and fatalities that occur every year at Canada’s railway crossings.
	www.tc.gc.ca /rail/faq.htm (394 words)

	Passenger Rail Transport
		Freight Europe UK Ltd - Specialising in rail transport logistics between the UK and Europe via the Channel Tunnel, using conventional wagons.
		Office of the Rail Regulator - The ORR is the independent government department responsible for the regulation of the Railways in Great Britain.
		VR Cargo - VR Cargo is the rail freight division of the Finnish Railways VR Ltd, the biggest and leading transport company in Finland.
	www.1800miti.com /league/page400tr.html (1787 words)

	National Statistics Online
		The safety levels of most major forms of transport are much improved over the levels of the early 1980s, and improvements in most areas have continued since 1993.
		Provides information about the trends in the average number of journeys and average distance travelled per person per year and the average length of journey, by mode of travel and by purpose of the journey.
		A report on average door-to-door journeys times by different modes of transport (car, bicycle and public transport) for short and long trips in inner London and short trips in outer London.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /CCI/nscl.asp?ID=8084 (402 words)

	Austria's Rail Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For centuries there was an active overland traffic in salt from the mines of the Salzkammergut, near Salzburg, to Bohemia between the Danube and the Moldau.
		At the beginning of the nineteenth century increasing trade called for improved transport, and this led to the construction of Austria's first railway.
		Gerstner advocated a horse railway from Linz to Joachimsmuhle, but left the project in the hands of his son, who in September, 1824, was granted by the Emperor Franz I the exclusive right of building a wood and iron road between Mauthausen, on the Danube, and Budweis (now called Ceske-Budejovice).
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r094.html (4388 words)

	Rail Transport: a Timeline
		The first trains were pulled or pushed by people or animals, and were used in mines to transport coal.
		It is pulled along above the metal rails by magnets fitted to both the train and the track.
		Light rail vehicles are air conditioned and can carry more than 150 people.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/railtran.html (493 words)

	RMT - Home
		RMT - the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - is Britain's fastest growing trade union, representing 73,000 members in almost every sector of the transport industry, from mainline and underground rail to shipping, buses and road-freight.
		RMT begins balloting members across the entire rail industry on May 17 for strike action in defence of their pensions and those of future generations.
		Renationalisation of rail is an immensely popular demand, backed by a huge public majority.
	www.rmt.org.uk (384 words)

	RAIL#TEC - HOME
		The International Rail Summit rail # tec 2005 has reinforced its standing as one of the key platforms for international dialogue within the field of mobility:
		Dortmund played host to meetings between NRW Minister of Transport Oliver Wittke, Germany's Federal Transport Minister, as well as transport ministers and rail bosses from the event's partner countries Switzerland and the Czech Republic, in addition to senior transport officials from the Netherlands, Russia and Slovakia.
		More than 14,000 industry experts visited the trade fair held at Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund, where they were impressed by the scope of the exhibition and congress programme.
	www.railtec.de /e/243 (199 words)

	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Transport - Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Commonwealth was first involved in rail transport when they acquired administration of the Northern Territory in 1911.
		was established to advise on land transport in relation to railways.
		Other railway photographs can be found in the rail transport section of PhotoSearch.
	www.naa.gov.au /the_collection/transport/rail.html (677 words)

	Rail Safety and Services - Transport SA
		Rail safety in South Australia is regulated by Transport SA.
		Rail Safety Accreditation for railway owners and operators in South Australia (in accordance with the national Australian Standard AS4292 and the Rail Safety Act 1996).
		The provision of specialist advice to the Minister for Transport, and the rail transport industry on operational and engineering safety and policy advice.
	www.transport.sa.gov.au /safety/rail/index.asp (191 words)

	Port Angeles Vehicle & Passenger Ferry to Victoria, BC - Olympic Peninsula ferry service.
		It is in that same tradition that Black Ball Transport and the vessel M.V.Coho takes pride in its record of reliable and prompt service.
		In the forty-five years of service we have transported over 20 million passengers and 5 million vehicles without losing a sailing due to bad weather.
		Whether the traveler is visiting Victoria, capital of British Columbia, or heading north to experience the beautiful and pristine wilderness of Vancouver Island, or heading south to visit the Olympic Peninsula, Seattle, Oregon and California, our link is safe, reliable, and affordable.
	www.cohoferry.com (145 words)

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