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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Canada & Taiwan

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  • A note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Standard gauge: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
    Standard gauge=1.435-m gauge
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Canada Taiwan HISTORY
A note <a href=/country/ca><a href=/country/ca>Canada</a></a> has two major transcontinental freight railway systems: <a href=/encyclopedia/Canada><a href=/country/ca>Canadian</a></a> National (<a href=/encyclopedia/privatization>privatized</a> November 1995) and <a href=/encyclopedia/Canada><a href=/country/ca>Canadian</a></a> Pacific Railway; passenger service is provided by the government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own (2000 est.) <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the above routes in common carrier service, there are several thousand kilometers of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated to industrial use (2001)
Standard gauge 46,552 km
Ranked 2nd. 135 times more than Taiwan
345 km
Ranked 24th.

Total 46,552 km
Ranked 5th. 29 times more than Taiwan
1,580 km
Ranked 79th.

Total > Per $ GDP 38.41 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 75th. 8 times more than Taiwan
4.81 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 130th.

Total > Per capita 1.41 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Taiwan
0.069 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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