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5 World's Longest Train Line

Train is one of the favorite means of transport of the world community. Transport is often presents a beautiful view, something that is not necessarily able to be presented by other transport equipment. Speaking of trains, must also talk about the railways. Here are the countries in the world that has the longest train line.

1. United States - 226 427 Km in 2007. In the first place, present the United States in 2007 has 226 427 km rail line. In the past, railway line in Uncle Sam's ever reach 408 833 Km. Generally, trains in the United States are used to transport goods. In this case, there are 650 freight train operators who in 2005 was brought up to 1.5 billion ton-mile stuff. As for serving the public who want to travel across the continent, is served by Amtrak, a national company for passenger trains. While the train in the city, is only available in a few dozen metropolitan areas. Even so, the line is not connected to one another so it can not be used to cross the American continent.

2. Russia - 128.000 Km in 2006 Russia was second at 2006 128 thousand Km railway lines. Train in State Red Bear is managed by Russian Railways and is one of the pillars of the Russian economy. In 2007, a train in Russia has delivered 1.3 billion passengers and 1.3 billion tons of goods. In the same year, the Russian rail industry has 19,700 locomotives, 24,200 passenger trains and freight trains 526 900. In 2009, Russia has 86 thousand Km railway lines for public transport. Of these, half drivable by electric trains and most of the train traffic is 40 percent more of them have double-track, or more.

3. China - 91,000 Km in 2010. Rail transportation is the most common means of transportation used to travel long distances in China and managed by Chinese Railway. The entire rail operations held by the Ministry of Railways, which is part of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. At the end of 2010, total reach of the railway line in the Bamboo Curtain country reached 91 thousand Km making it the third country's longest railway line in the world. In 2009, Chinese Railway has a train transport of goods 603 082, 49 355 passenger trains and 18 922 locomotives. With that number, there are 38 thousand daily trains in China with 3,500 people on board trains. In 2008, the Chinese State Council approved the 292 billion US dollar investment for the railroad until 2020. It is targeted that by 2012 the railway line this country is able to reach 110 thousand Km.

4. India - 64 215 km in 2011. The entire rail operations in India is handled by the state-owned organization, the Indian Railways. By rail has a length of up to 64 215 km, the train of Indian Railways manages the fourth longest track in the world. Every year, Indian Railways serves 6 billion passengers and more than 350 million tons of goods across 28 states and union territories regions. Indian Railways is also about providing limited services to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. This number continues to increase every year. The train itself was introduced in India in 1853 and continues to grow as the Hindustan country won its independence in 1947.

5. Canada - 57 216 in 2007 Canada has developed a good railway system and large that is currently a major transporter of transportation. There are two major companies that have transcontinental freight transport system, namely the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway. As for the service for passengers, provided by the federal crown corporation, Via Rail. Three cities in Canada have a commuter rail service, which is Montreal which is managed by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, which is administered by the Toronto GO Transit, and Vancouver managed by West Coast Express. With a length of track reaching 57 216, Canada is the fifth country to have the world's longest train line. The 129 Km path can be used for electric trains.