Rail services that connect cities and carry freight over long distances, along standard and narrow-gauge lines. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the mode intercity, commuter, freight or narrow-gauge rail transport. It excludes urban rail transit and experimental systems. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Rail transport
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Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a mode of transport using wheeled vehicles running on tracks
Wikipedia: Inter-city rail
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Inter-city rail services are express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains.
Wikipedia: Rail freight transport
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Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo, as opposed to passengers.
Wikipedia: Commuter Rail
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Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting the central city to its suburbs and commuter towns.
Wikipedia: Narrow-Gauge Railway
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A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge.
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