rail network
Tracks connecting cities
A rail network is an interconnected system of railway lines, stations, and services covering a geographic area.
The term emphasizes how individual routes connect to form a unified whole: The country's rail network links major cities.
Rail networks may be operated by single entities or multiple companies sharing infrastructure.
- timetablingCreating a schedule
- stationFixed stopping point
- junctionPoint where things meet
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- platformRaised flat structure
platform edge · track · electrification · rolling stock · scheduling · freight transport · nationalisation · signal failure · ticketing · tunnel · freight handling · train · dispatching · rush hour · urban development · intercity travel · bridge · signal box
- Portuguese Infrastructureelectric grid, power plants, tram lines, highways, toll roads
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, power grid, roads, seaports
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- rail transportfreight train, train stations, passenger train, commuter train, express train
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
transportation mode
rail networkroad network
Interconnected system of streets
highway system · airline routes · trucking routes · canal network · shipping routes