Describe trans-continental Railways of the world?
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A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies along a continuous route. Although Europe is crisscrossed by railways, the railroads within Europe are usually not considered transcontinental, with the possible exception of the historic Orient Express.
Transcontinental railroads helped open up unpopulated interior regions of continents to exploration and settlement that would not otherwise have been feasible. In many cases they also formed the backbones of cross-country passenger and freight transportation networks.
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Transcontinental railways are railways that are cross a continental land mass along with different terminals at oceans or continental borders.
Explanation:
- As per the word only, Trans, we can understand that the railways connecting to different continents, it is known as trans-continental railways.
- Trans-Siberia railway connects Asia and Europe continents whereas Chile-Argentina Railway connects the Atlantic coast and major port of Pacific and it is also the longest railway line constructed in South America.
- A railway like Southern Transcontinental Railways is joining Los Angles and New York.