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Outline of rail transport

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to rail transport:

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Rail transport – means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks consisting of steel rails installed on sleepers/ties and ballast.

What type of thing is rail transport?

Rail transport can be described as all of the following:

  • Technology
  • Applied technology
  • Transport
  • Rapid transit

    • Essence of rail transport

  • Railway systems engineering
  • Environmental design in rail transportation
  • Rail transport operations
  • List of railway industry occupations

    • Types of railway/railroad

  • Fell mountain railway system
  • Heritage railway
  • Monorail
  • Mountain railway
  • Plateway
  • Rack railway
  • Tourist railroad
  • Wagonway

    • Urban rail transport, general types

  • Urban rail transit – overview
  • Rapid transit
  • High-speed rail
  • Elevated rail
  • Commuter rail
  • Light rail
  • Tramway (or streetcar)
  • Funicular (or inclined railway)

    • History of rail transport

    History of rail transport

  • Chronological list: Lists of rail transport events by year
  • Lists of rail accidents
  • List of rail accidents (2000–present)
  • Railroad chronometer
  • Railway Mail Service (USA)
  • Railway post office
  • Railway Mania (UK)
  • Railway Express Agency (USA)

    • Vehicles

  • Car float
  • Road-rail vehicle
  • Rail car mover
  • Railgrinder
  • Train ferry

    • Trains

  • Train
  • Parts
  • Bogie
  • Wheelset (rail transport)Wheelset
  • Rolling stock
  • Railroad car
  • Railcar

    • Locomotives

  • Locomotive
  • Steam locomotive
  • Diesel locomotive
  • Electric locomotive

    • Railway infrastructure

  • Railway platform

    • Permanent way

  • Axe ties
  • Baulk road
  • Breather switch
  • Cant
  • Clip and scotch
  • Datenail
  • Fishplate
  • Ladder track
  • Minimum radius
  • Permanent way (current)
  • Permanent way (history)
  • Rail fastening system
  • Railhead
  • Rail profile
  • Railroad tie (sleeper)
  • Track ballast
  • Track transition curve

    • Trackwork and track structures

  • Balloon loop
  • Classification yard
  • Gauntlet track
  • Junction
  • Overhead lines
  • Passing loop
  • Rail track
  • Rail yard
  • Railroad switch
  • Railway electrification system
  • Railway turntable
  • Siding
  • Track gauge
  • Track pan
  • Tramway track
  • Water crane
  • Wye

    • Railway track layouts

    Running lines

    Track (Running lines)

  • Single track
  • Passing loop
  • Double track
  • Quadruple track
  • Crossover
    • Rail sidings

    Rail sidings

  • Balloon loop
  • Headshunt
  • Rail yard
  • Classification yard
    • Rail junctions

    Rail junctions

  • Flying junction
  • Level junction
  • Double junction
  • Facing and trailing
  • Grand union
  • Wye
  • Switch / turnout / points
  • Swingnose crossing
  • Level crossing
    • Railway station track layouts

    Railway station

  • Railway station layout
  • Side platform
  • Island platform
  • Bay platform
  • Split platform
  • Terminal station
  • Balloon loop
  • Spanish solution
  • Cross-platform interchange
  • Interchange station
    • Hillclimbing

    Hillclimbing

  • Horseshoe curve
  • Zig Zag / Switchback
  • Spiral

    • Signalling and safety

  • Block post
  • Buffer stop
  • Catch points
  • Integrated Electronic Control Centre
  • Interlocking
  • Level crossing
  • Loading gauge
  • Railway signal
  • Railway signalling
  • Signalling control
  • Structure gauge

    • Buildings

  • Coaling tower
  • Goods shed
  • Motive power depot
  • Roundhouse
  • Station building
  • Train shed
  • Train station

    • Rail transport by region

  • Rail transport by country
  • Rail transport in Australia
  • Railways in Adelaide
  • Railways in Melbourne
  • Rail transport in Belgium
  • Rail transport in Hong Kong
  • Rail transport in Mexico
  • Railways in Mexico
  • Railways in Namibia
  • Rail transport in New Zealand
  • Rail transport in Taiwan
  • Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
  • Railways of Shropshire
  • Rail transport in Victoria
  • Railway stations in Leeds
  • Railway stations in Newport
  • Railway stations in the Netherlands
  • Railway stations of Hong Kong

    • Rail transport politics

  • Rail transport laws
  • Esch-Cummins Act
  • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
  • Rail Passenger Service Act
  • Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
  • Railway Construction Act
  • Railway Labor Act
  • Railway Nationalization Act
  • Railways Act (United Kingdom railway legislation)
  • Railways Act 1921
  • Railways Act 1993
  • Railways Act 2005
  • Privatisation of British Rail
  • Impact of the privatisation of British Rail
  • Railway nationalization
  • Rail transport agencies
  • Railway Procurement Agency (Ireland)

    • Rail culture

  • Rail trail
  • Rail transport modelling
  • Rail usage statistics by country
  • Railfan
  • Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
  • Rail directions
  • Usage of the terms railroad and railway
  • Passenger rail terminology

    • General concepts

  • Rail pass

    • Rail transport organizations

  • National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
  • International Union of Railways

    • Rail transport publications

  • List of railroad-related periodicals

    • Persons influential in rail transport

  • Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
  • Thomas Brassey (1805-1870)

    • References

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