Does anyone know how many trains Southern Cross Station handles?
Who has the busiest railway system?
- Thread starter rjhowie
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Does anyone know how many trains Southern Cross Station handles?
IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
I should think the statistics in the advert are based on traffic density. Not on passengers carried or freight tonnage.
In which case the UK & Japan, must be at or near the top of the list.
IKB.
In which case the UK & Japan, must be at or near the top of the list.
IKB.
Amtrakid17
Route maker in the works
Yea im gonna go with the U.S. because New York Penn Station moves a train every minute so yea I'd say its pretty busy!
BLACKWATCH
Mechanical Engineer
I believe it would be very hard to judge which is offically the busiest railway, being from the UK, you would instantly say Clapham Junction, The London Underground or the East/West Coast Mainlines...
Then again from other country's you are going to side with what you believe is the busiest from your own country, I am a bit swayed between the Netherlands and Japan, both of which have highly populated rail networks, and I am tending to move more towards Japan over the Netherlands, just for population alone.
I think it is too close to call...
Joe Airtime
Then again from other country's you are going to side with what you believe is the busiest from your own country, I am a bit swayed between the Netherlands and Japan, both of which have highly populated rail networks, and I am tending to move more towards Japan over the Netherlands, just for population alone.
I think it is too close to call...
Joe Airtime
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perry_weekley
New member
I'd say the USA. Why? Because if you ride an Amtrak from one side of the country to the other do not be surprised to be three hours late because you were held up due to constant freight on the track ahead.
It might not seem like it but then you also have to consider landmass compared to density. Comparing the USA to GB is hard for the distance separating industries in the US could be a few days while in GB it can only go so far with in two days.
Russia seems more comparable to the US due to large distances between cities and industries.
Whose the leader in the worlds busiest passenger? I feel Great Britain wins there. Freight? Russia Combined? US.
I don't have statistics in hand but even then most statistics are made up.
This is just one of the worlds interesting mysteries that will never be truly solved... Unless you yourself travel the world and do research enough to conclude yourself, even then it wouldn't be representable of every day.
It might not seem like it but then you also have to consider landmass compared to density. Comparing the USA to GB is hard for the distance separating industries in the US could be a few days while in GB it can only go so far with in two days.
Russia seems more comparable to the US due to large distances between cities and industries.
Whose the leader in the worlds busiest passenger? I feel Great Britain wins there. Freight? Russia Combined? US.
I don't have statistics in hand but even then most statistics are made up.
This is just one of the worlds interesting mysteries that will never be truly solved... Unless you yourself travel the world and do research enough to conclude yourself, even then it wouldn't be representable of every day.
amigacooke
Well-known member
Do you have an example please?