{"id":2758,"date":"2020-10-30T09:16:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:00:30","slug":"transporte-ferroviario-no-mundo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/en\/transporte-ferroviario-no-mundo\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the panorama of rail transport in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 1776, the tracks, before wood, were replaced by new ones whose finishes were made of iron, creating the first railroads. Cradle of the Industrial Revolution, England was also the first country to build and use a steam engine that moved on railroad tracks. In the year 1804, in an attempt to replace cargo transportation, hitherto carried out with the aid of horses, the British engineer Richard Trevithick invented the first steam locomotive, which was capable of supporting up to 18 tons of iron. And that is how rail transport in the world begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the first invention of steam engine for use in cargo transportation, changes and advances in this type of vehicle have not stopped. All the historical notes suggest that since the implementation of the railroads in England, it was in that same country that the evolution of the railroads has been happening, becoming a model for other countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1813, George Stephenson, an engineer born in England, created a locomotive that fit his studies, understanding how steam traction and the contact generated by vehicle wheels on rails worked. This locomotive was tested the following year and managed to pull eight wagons and more than 30 tons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legacy left by the first inventions of locomotives used on railroads is gigantic. The advent of machines that move on rails has made it easier for the whole world to transport cargo and has also favored trade between countries, as in Europe. The train as we know it today went through a series of modifications, improvements in structures and advances in the roads that allowed it to have the current composition, carrying out the loading of high tons of loads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From now on, we will provide an overview of rail transport in the world, addressing the conditions of the tracks and trains, the countries that contain more railroads, the size of the mileage of the railroad lines and other variables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mileage<\/strong> of rail transport in the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Although the cradle of railroad construction is England, it is natural that other countries in the world have more extensive railroad networks today, given that England, like other European countries, is small compared to countries like China, Russia, United States, Canada, India and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colony of England for many years, the United States naturally inherited the practice of investing in this means of transporting cargo and people, and it is the country that has the longest rail network in the world, with almost 300,000 km in length, ie , is the main country when we talk about rail transport in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The runner-up in terms of the size of the line's mileage is less than half the size of the US line. China has about 127,000 km of railroads. The data presented, such as those that will be indicated in our ranking below, were obtained through the website of the North American Intelligence Agency. Check now the list of countries that follow the ranking of countries with the largest rail transport in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n