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The geography of rail transport

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  • Frédéric Dobruszkes
  • Amparo Moyano

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This chapter first investigates the geography of actual rail transport worldwide. In doing so, we set up a typology based upon network- and traffic-related indicators per country, with special attention paid to the distinction between passenger and freight traffic. Then the chap-ter covers the factors that explain the geography of infrastructures and traffic, taking into account historic factors that may have come into play a long time ago, given that many actu-al lines were built a considerable time ago. As the chapter elucidates, rail transport is shaped by physical geography, geo-economic factors, the shape of urban systems, intermodal com-petition in line with distances, railways logics, and the importance of network effects and political factors.

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  • Frédéric Dobruszkes & Amparo Moyano, 2021. "The geography of rail transport," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/333204, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    Rail transport geography; Railways; High-speed lines; Rail infrastructure; Rail traffic; Rail network; Transport history; Transport planning; Intermodal competition; Urban systems;
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