The table compares and contrasts data on the difference in the number of rail transport in four countries since 2007.
Overall, it is clear that the number of rail transport users in Japan was the highest in 2007, while comparison with other countries was unremarkable. Furthermore, Utilizing the rail transport system was trendy for citizens in Japan, whereas the figure for passengers in the UK and Italy was the same. Regarding cargo carried, the USA has the highest number of billions of tons of merchandise delivered for residential purposes.
The rail transport systems gained popularity among citizens in Japan, which had approximately 27 million rail transport users. Meanwhile, in the UK and Italy, there was an equal number of citizens traveling by rail transport, respectively about 5.9 and 5.5 million people. The opposite was true for the USA which was not popular for rail transport participants (0.3 million). During 2007, The railway was not popular in Europe. Conversely, rail transport was similar to the nation in Japan.
The statistic of passenger kilometers per head in Japan was the largest, about 1,980, while the data on the USA was the smallest (80 passengers). The USA’s merchandise carried was the highest, approximately 28.2 billion tons, whereas the data on Japan was slightly lower, at 23.01 billion tonnes. The UK and Italy had almost nearly the same number of passengers and cargo. In general, the USA was major in merchandise while Japan experienced the largest number of transportation users.