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The Stockholm urban area (in blue), the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. The area includes land both inside and outside of the municipality of Stockholm. This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population.
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This is a sortable list of countries by rail transport network size based on length of rail lines. [1] ... World 1,374,001 426,313 31.03% 107.95 372.12 4,814 2006
Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 10,912 kilometres (6,780 mi), the 24th largest in the world. [3] Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. . The major operator of passenger trains has traditionally been the state-owned SJ, though today around 70% of all rail traffic consists of subsidised local and regional trains for which the regional public transport ...
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
By way of comparison, the 50-kilometer (31-mile) Channel Tunnel linking England and France, completed in 1993, cost the equivalent of £12 billion ($13.6 billion) in today’s money.
The Øresund Region is an important hub for economic activity in Scandinavia. [6] In 2007, almost 25 million people traveled over the Øresund Bridge: 15.2 million by car and bus, and 9.6 million by train. By 2009, the figure had risen to a total of 35.6 million travellers by car, coach, train or ferry. [7]
Aalborg Commuter Rail: DSB: 1 7 27 Copenhagen: S-train 1: S-tog: 7 85 170 357,000 Cairo Egypt: Cairo Light Rail Transit [Note 5] [22] 1 12 70 Tallinn Estonia: Elektriraudtee: 4 37 132 Helsinki Finland: Helsinki commuter rail: VR commuter rail: 14 55 236 200,000 [23] Tampere: Tampere commuter rail: Nysse: 2 20 Lille France: TER Hauts-De-France ...