Was anyone else surprised by this rail density map?
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Bill, are those maps at the same scale?
Regardless… Yeah the Cuban RR system is interesting. Would be a fun ride, but I’d wonder if I’d make it back to Miami?
And Europe, sheesh, so much more dependent on rail than cars/trucks in the US (or, apparently, Australia).
You should put Japan up for comparison, they’re SO dependent on trains.
Cliff, would your travel plans include Guantanamo Bay?
Japan wasn’t included on the maps, unfortunately.
Like Canada, most of our population live on the edge of the country.
This I found interesting. I should check with Fred, but reportedly 50% of Canada live below the red line.
We are a little more spread out
We have such a small population that we can’t justify putting in the railway structure. The Transcontinental Railway in Australia, which connects the eastern and western coasts, was officially completed in 1917. The Ghan railway line was completed to Alice Springs in 1929. The section of the Alice Springs to Darwin railway that connects Alice Springs to Darwin was not officially completed until 2004.
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Or. at least just north of the CA-US border.
A Canadian colleague said to me, “Canada mostly consists of a string of cities, like pearls, strung across our border with the US.”
He also said, “We Canadians, especially from Quebec, may sound superior to Americans. This is because… we are.”
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Even the French word for superior, ”supérieur” sounds superior in french. …or should I say [sy-peh-RYUR]?