Agriculture ; Alberta ; Canada ; CanadianPacificRailway ; Colonisation agricole ; Front pionnier ; Géographie historique ; Histoire de la géographie ; Manitoba ; Mise en valeur ; Prairies ; Saskatchewan ; Siècle XIX-XX ; Transport
Panorama historique de l'agriculture des prairies canadiennes, des défrichements pionniers d'autosubsistance des premiers postes fortifiés et des comptoirs de fourrures à la mécanisation. Le rôle de la CanadianPacificRailway dans le peuplement de
Alaska ; Canada ; North America ; Railway ; Transport ; Transport network ; United States
The idea of an overland railway from the conterminous USA to Alaska through the Canadian Yukon goes back to the late nineteenth century. Obstacles to this connection have not ended the perennial discussion to close the international rail gap
Within the context of theoretical debates about contemporary capitalism, the AA. review how the two dominant players in the Canadian rail freight sector are responding to the evolving competitive conditions of the 1990s. The factors
The aim of this study is to point to the state of the railway network and the position of the railway transport in Slovakia ; to assess the accessibility of the railway in terms of accessibility of the nearest railway station of passenger transport
from the individual communes and to point to regional disparities in the matter. Regional disparities in railway accessibility were assessed based on the maximum distance from the commune to the nearest railway station and based on the mean weighted
distance from the commune to the nearest railway station. The effect of closing the passenger transport on 15 regional tracks for the level of railway station accessibility was also assessed. - (BJ)
Historical geography of the only well-known Andean pass. Most initiatives to improve it as a transportation link as a mule trail, railway and highway have come from Chile. Now, access to Pacific Rim markets from Argentina and Brazil have increased
freight traffic and interest in rehabilating the railway which became defunct in 1979. - (DWG)
Formation of the modern transportation system in Japan in terms of the relation between trunk railway and private railway lines
Historical geography ; Japan ; Nationalization ; Railway ; Transport ; Transport system ; Twentieth Century
The A. defines the modern transportation system in Japan as the transportation system of which the railway is the main component. Transport coordination is examined with the method of historical geography on the basis of the location of railway
The full liberalization of passenger railway transport is scheduled for 1st January 2010. it is expected that by this time, both the technical and legal interoperability of European railways will have been achieved. This article discusses
the current legislative, infrastructural and organizational undertakings aiming at creating a competitive and modern railway transport system on a pan-continental scale, as well as gives an example of good practices in this field.
Competition ; Germany ; High speed train ; Network ; Railway traffic ; Transport
With the reform of the railways, european railway companies principally have access to German federal railway lines without discrimination. A perspective for the competitors in long-distance transport lies in the creation of an interregionally
linked second long-distance network for regions that are remote from the European Intercity / Intercity railways stations. Thus railway companies does not consider itself as a competitor for railway lines of the German railway, but as a supplement to long
-distance transport of the German Railways. - (IFL)
Cartography ; England ; Nineteenth Century ; Railway ; Railway network ; Twentieth Century ; United Kingdom
Railway mapping, a distinctive genre of cartography, came into existence with the invention of railway transport in Britain. The planned route for the first public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, was surveyed by 1820 as a statutory
requirement for the Act of Parliament that was necessary before construction could proceed. This paper summarizes the archival history of Britain’s railway maps and describes eleven broad categories of railway cartography that collectively form a coherent body
of maps covering much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and which await better access and comprehensive study. It also underlines the urgency of ensuring the preservation of the railway map archive from further loss and destruction.
Spoorwegen en industrialisatie in Nederland. (Railways and industrialisation in the Netherlands)
Description of the role of railways for industrial and economic development, with a case-study of the development of the province of Noord Brabant in this respect. The authors conclude that in the first phase of network development municipalities
with railway connextions were favoured in attracting new industries. They are not sure if this is also the case for separate industrial branches. (AGD).
The railway network, safety and signalling and telecommunications appliances and installations, traction and carriage pools, carriage, economic position, investment and indebtedness, self-management organization level, personnel.
Modal participation in freight transportation in Nigeria: the role of the railway
Road transport for exporting freight traffic has taken the place of rail transport. To survive the railways must develop internal, bulky, long haul traffic and modernize the system. (EMS).
Construction of Tokaido railway in Shizuoka prefecture during the 1880s and the attitude of regional society
Historical geography ; Infrastructure ; Japan ; Nineteenth Century ; Railway ; Transport ; Years 1880-89
The route finally adopted as the Tokaido Railway was conclusively determined by conditions of civil engineering, such as gradient, numbers of tunnels and bridges, and other geomorphological factors, in spite of various movements by regional
societies. The railway stations were located at the most suitable points near important towns on the route. - (KA)