Prepared by Prof. Santos Buenvenida

2. Rank Railroad Global Revenues Profits
Rank
($ millions) ($ millions)
1 Deutsche Bahn 166 37,706.00 2,089.00
2 SNCF (Société Nationale des 242 27,444.20 818.00
Chemins de fer Français)
3 East Japan Railway 305 22,719.20 1,503.60
4 Union Pacific 485 15,578.00 1,606.00
5 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 498 14,985.00 1,887.00

3.  Existing since 1959, Eurail Passes offers
several types of Eurail Passes which you can
use for travel. The most popular Eurail Pass is
the Eurail Global Pass, which enables you to
rail travel in 20 European countries with one
Pass (Eurail, 2007). The following countries
are covered by the Eurail pass with their
corresponding Railway

4.  Austria  Luxembourg
 Belgium  Montenegro
 Bulgaria  The Netherlands
 Croatia  Norway
 Czech Republic  Poland
 Denmark  Portugal
 Finland  Romania
 France  Serbia
 Germany  Slovenia
 Greece  Spain
 Hungary  Sweden
 Ireland  Switzerland
 Italy

5.  On June 25, 1875, a general plan for the establishment
of a railroad line in the island of Luzon was decreed by
King Alfonso XII of Spain.
 On November 24, 1892, the first 195 kilometer railway
line from Manila to Dagupan in Northern Luzon was
opened for operation, the line was extended in 1940
up to Legaspi in the south and La Union in the north.
 On June 20, 1946, Republic Act No. 4156, the new
Charter was passed, renaming the railway system
Philippine National Railways (PNR).
 Under the Arroyo government, the Strong Republic
Transit System (SRTS) was born. The aims is to
provide an integrated mass transit system.

6. Old Name New Name
LRT Line 1 / Metrorail Yellow Line
MRT Line 2 / Megatren Purple Line
MRT Line 3 / Metrostar Blue Line
PNR Northrail Green Line
PNR Southrail Orange Line

7.  The Chunnel tunnel or Chunnel or Euro tunnel connects the two
countries that cost around $21 billion, which is 700 times more
expensive than the construction of the Golden Gate bridge.
 The Channel Tunnel consists of three tunnels. The two tubes
serves as rail traffic and the third tunnel serves as a service
tunnel or an emergency escape route. The whole stretch of the
tunnel is 163,680 feet or roughly around 31 miles.
 In its first five years of operation, trains carried 28 million
passengers that promoted tourism in both countries.
 The Seikan Tunnel in Japan is the longest sea bed tunnel in the
world, although the Euro tunnel has a longer tunnel in the
undersea portion. The tunnel traverses the Tsugaru Strait to
Honshu and Hokkaido islands

8.  Plan
 Scout for ticket prices at different bus lines and buy your
ticket ahead of time. In the Philippines however, very
few bus lines offer advance ticketing service.
 Inquire about your travel details. It would be prudent to
ask these bus terminals on the route.
 Come to the bus station early so that you can choose
your preferred seats.
 Bring a small bag containing all your important
documents, water toiletries, snacks, sweaters, blanket
that can be within your reach.
 Stretch and take advantage of bus stops

9.  Trailways operates over 2,000 luxury-styled
motorcoaches, serving more than 1,000+
destinations throughout North America and
parts of Europe; and safely carrying more
than 16 million passengers annually
(Trailways Website, 2008).

10.  The Greyhound fleet consists of about 1,250 buses, with an
average age of 7.2 years. One Greyhound bus takes an
average of 34 cars off the road, and achieves 184
passenger miles per gallon of fuel.
 Greyhound uses approximately 90 company-operated bus
terminals and 850 agency-operated terminals or sales
agencies. Including all stops, Greyhound serves more than
1,700 destinations in the United States.
 Greyhound employs more than 8,400 nationwide,
including more than 940 at its Dallas corporate
headquarters, and more than 3,000 drivers based in 80
locations across the country.

11.  Victory Liner was incorporated in 1953, it has
grown to be one of the biggest players in
Philippine passenger transport system. The
company was founded by Mr. Jose Hernandez
Sr., and its name was derived from the world war
2 word Victory Joe. Since his name when
translated to English is equivalent to Joe, he
opted to name the company Victory Liner.
 The Philippine Rabbit was founded in 1946 and
services mostly provinces in the North.