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Interestingly, the total amount of rail is about the same for EU and US, however in the EU, 55% of it is electrified, and only 1% in the US. https://en.wikiped
by athenot 3y ago
Interestingly, the total amount of rail is about the same for EU and US, however in the EU, 55% of it is electrified, and only 1% in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_transport_network_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_tran...
- chrisco255 3y agoWhat percentage of freight in either continent travels on an electric train?
- thriftwy 3y agoSoviet Union and later Russia had entirely families of electric mainline freight locomotive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VL85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VL85 If the line is electrified then freight travelling on it will be travelling on electric trains.
- WeylandYutani 3y agoThe railroad network had to be rebuilt after WW2 in Europe and Japan. War can be good for something I suppose.
- brnt 3y agoIf by Europe you mean Germany, or by rebuilt mean maintenance, then, yes. The level of rail maintenance in America (barely any) is illegal in the rest of the western world. Tenders for maintenance specify certain speed and safety limits that basically require rebuilding every few decades. Only on private rail could a hedge fund approach work, where the capital of the infrastructure is extracted by way of not maintaining it, but instead slowing trains down and increasing their length to compensate for bandwidth loss.