Editing Rail transport operations (section)

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'''Rail transport operations''' are the day-to-day operations of a railway. A railway has two major components: the [[infrastructure]] (the [[permanent way]], tracks, stations, freight facilities, viaducts, tunnels, etc.) and the [[rolling stock]] (the [[passenger coach]]es, locomotives, [[freight car]]s, etc.)

Ownership and operation of these two components varies by location. In some places (notably, most of North America) private railway companies own and operate both the infrastructure and rolling stock (for example, [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]]). In the United Kingdom, the infrastructure is owned and maintained by [[Network Rail]] while rolling stock is largely owned and operated by private railway companies. In countries with [[State-owned enterprise|nationalized]] rail systems such as [[China Railway|China]] and [[SNCF|France]], both the infrastructure and rolling stock are owned and operated directly or indirectly by the national government.