|
Country |
Facts |
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China |
Largest total length of waterways, 110,000 km |
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China |
Largest total length of controlled-access highways, 84,946 km |
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China |
Largest total length of rapid transit systems, 1879.6 km |
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China |
Largest total length of high-speed railways, 6,003 km |
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France |
Most tourist visits per year, 81.9 million |
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Iran |
World's largest fleet of NGV, 2.86 million NGV in use. |
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Japan |
Most merchant ships owned |
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Panama |
Most merchant ships registered |
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San Marino |
Most motor vehicles per capita, 1263 per 1000 population |
|
Switzerland |
Highest tourist competitiveness according to Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, 5.68 |
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United Kingdom |
The busiest airport system by passenger traffic, London sees a total 134,997,486 passengers annually, through Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City and Southend airports. |
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United Kingdom |
Oldest railway terminus building, Liverpool Road railway station, in Manchester is the world's oldest surviving railway terminus building. |
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United Kingdom |
Busiest train station, Clapham Junction railway station, in London is the world's busiest railway station by daily rail traffic (one train every 13 seconds at peak times; one train every 30 seconds at off-peak times). |
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United Kingdom |
The first public railway, the Surrey Iron Railway, linked the towns of Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham on the south of the Thames. |
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United Kingdom |
First raised train station, Spa Road railway station, in London is the world's first raised railway station. |
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United Kingdom |
First underground train station, Baker Street railway station, in London is the world's first fully underground railway station. |
|
United Kingdom |
Most visited city, London with 15.6 million visitors. |
|
United Kingdom |
Busiest Single Runway, Gatwick Airport (LGW) |
|
United Kingdom |
The first metro system, the London Underground, first opened as an 'underground railway' in 1863, and truly achieved metro status in 1890 with the opening of its first electrified underground line. |
|
United Kingdom |
Oldest passenger station, Broad Green railway station, in Liverpool is the world's oldest station site still in use as a passenger station. |
|
United Kingdom |
Largest Solar-Powered Bridge, Blackfriars station bridge, generates 900,000 kWh per annum, across 4400 solar panels, capable of making 80,000 cups of tea per day. |
|
United Kingdom |
First freight train station, Park Lane Goods Terminus, in Liverpool was the world's first railway terminus built entirely for freight. |
|
United Kingdom |
First railway terminus, Crown Street railway station, in Liverpool was the world's first railway terminus. |
|
United Kingdom |
Longest guided busway in the world by length in miles, Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - 16 miles |
|
United States |
Most heliports, 2,575 |
|
United States |
Longest total length of roadways, 6,407,637 km |
|
United States |
Most airports, 15,095 |
|
United States |
Highest International tourism receipts, $116.3 billion |
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United States |
Longest total length of railways, 227,736 km |
|
United States |
Largest total length of pipelines, 793,285 km |