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KIT: Railways, roads and transport infrastructure

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Technopak Advisors New Delhi

THE US HAS 226,612 km of railway length compared to India’s 63,221 km.

AFTER THE US, INDIA has the second-largest network of roadways (3.38 million km in 2002).

CHINA HAS THE second-largest expressway network (45,000 km), next only to that of the US (90,000 km).

THE WORLD'S BUSIEST port by tonnage is Shanghai, followed by Singapore and Rotterdam.

THE LONDON Underground is the world’s largest rapid metro transit system (408 km in length). It is also the world’s oldest (opened in 1863).

THE TOKYO METRO is the busiest among the world’s rapid metro transport systems with a ridership of 2.9 billion passengers or about 7.9 million passengers a day (2006).

 

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First Published: Nov 18 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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