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I mean yes this does show passenger trains but it doesn't actually show all of the passenger trains such as the lines that run in Utah nor south well over a hundred miles carrying passengers for commuter purposes. So there's quite a few lines that are missing on here there's also lines that run up and down the East Coast I know as well and there's other passenger trains and other cities such as salt lake as well.
Yup, I can see multiple NJTransit and SEPTA lines missing from this map.
Yeah, you're right. The train at the end of my street isn't pictured.
The european map does not show all minor railsystems, I am not 100% sure but it looks more like interregional rails.
In Holland it seems to show them all but it probably differs by country.
One thing we are really really bad at in Europe is homogenising rail systems. Every country does its own thing, like voltage, signalling systems, sometimes even with their own gauge (e.g. spain). Only the high speed lines are fairly commonised.
There's some projects going on like the ETCS safety system but they go at a snail's pace because there's so much installed base and design by a 25-country committee that are all trying to rope in their own industry ties is a slow process.
would be good to have a good map ...