The table shows the data about number of people using rail transport, passenger kilometers per head of population ,and cargo carried of four countries’ rail transport, respectively Malaysia, Canada, China, and UAE.
Overall, the amount of people choosing to use rail transport except for the metro and the average passenger kilometers per person in China have an incredible lead over other surveyed countries. The carriage ability of the railway of four countries doesn’t have noticeable gaps.
To begin with, China owns the largest group of people using the railway for transportation, with 27 million population. Malaysia and UAE follow behind the Chinese with a substantial gap, having 5.9 and 5.5 million persons choosing rail transmission respectively. Canadian railway system with only 0.3 million people chosen is ranked fourth among four countries. Furthermore, for the kilometers had by passengers calculated per head of population, China also has a leading quantity that is 1980 kilometers per person, followed by UAE and Malaysia having 780 and 770 kilometers per person, respectively. Meanwhile, Canada still lags with only 80 kilometers per head of people.
Additionally, looking toward the cargo capability, Canadian railway able to take 28.2 billion of tons, exceeding others. China follows behind with a 23.01 capability. Moreover, Malaysia and UAE chase with a slight disparity, of 22.2 and 21.9 respectively, behind Canada and China.
