Canada has the fifth -
largest railway network in the world, or more than 44,000 kilometres of track used to transport about $ 280 billion worth of freight each year, according to RAC.
There is
a large railway network connecting most cities and towns.
Not exact matches
During the Victorian
railway boom the
railways expanded, and by the turn of the century Shepparton was central to a
large network of regional branch lines on the Toolamba — Echuca
railway line — lines leading to Cobram, Nathalia, Dookie, Picola and Katamatite.
Together with IMC, the national
railway network operator and one of the
largest employers in New Zealand's transportation industry developed a modern learning system.
Canadian National
Railway Co., Toronto symbol CNR, operates Canada's
largest freight - rail
network and serves 16 U.S. states.
CANADIAN NATIONAL
RAILWAY CO. (Toronto symbol CNR; www.cn.ca) operates the
largest freight rail
network in Canada.
But the company also is the outright owner of BNSF
Railway, the second
largest freight railroad
network in North America, as well as some other companies you may have heard of, including Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom.
The line was originally opened for service in the 1870s and is just a small section of what was once a much
larger network of
railway lines which connected many towns and villages on the Isle of Man.
A competitive high performance
railway system — including a
large network of high speed links — will constitute one of the pillars of US policies for transportation and sustainable development.»