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Rail transport – means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks consisting of steel rails installed on sleepers/ties and ballast.

What type of thing is rail transport?

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Rail transport can be described as all of the following:

  • Technology – making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures.

Essence of rail transport

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Types of railway/railroad

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Urban rail transport, general types

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History of rail transport

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History of rail transport

Vehicles

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Trains

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Locomotives

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Railway infrastructure

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Permanent way

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Trackwork and track structures

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Railway track layouts

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Running lines
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Track (Running lines)

Rail sidings
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Rail sidings

Rail junctions
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Rail junctions

Railway station track layouts
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Railway station

Hillclimbing
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Hillclimbing

Signalling and safety

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Buildings

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Rail transport by region

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Rail transport politics

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Rail culture

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General concepts

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Rail transport organizations

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Rail transport publications

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Persons influential in rail transport

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See also

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References

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