rail networks
Interconnected track infrastructure
Rail networks are systems of interconnected railway lines, stations, and infrastructure that allow trains to travel across regions or countries.
The term emphasizes the web-like connectivity: The European rail network links major cities across borders.
Rail networks may be operated by single entities or multiple companies sharing track: Freight and passenger rail networks often overlap.
- stationsFixed stops on routes
- ticket barriersAutomated station entry checkpoints
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
- timetablesCharts of planned events
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
last train · signal failure · electrification · gauge · tracks · dispatching · scheduling · logistics · sidings · freight handling · nationalization · interchanges · braking systems · switchyard · train · tunnel · conductor · passenger
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, power grid, roads, seaports
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
- train infotrain schedules, arrival times, route planning, express trains, commuter lines
- transit systemshighways, railways, subways, roads, streets
- Australian Mapscolonial maps, survey maps, regional maps, antique maps, district maps
rail networkshighway systems
Interconnected major roads
road networks · airways · airline networks · shipping lanes · air routes