Transcontinental railway

Japanese: 大陸横断鉄道 - たいりくおうだんてつどう（英語表記）transcontinental railway

A railroad that crosses a continent and connects both coasts. It was generally built as a pioneer railroad, but was also important for its political and military significance as well as economic development. It contributed greatly to the development of the interior of the continent in the second half of the 19th century, and was important in terms of strengthening freight transport between areas far from the coastline and seaports, and functionally integrating the railway network within the continent. Examples include the transcontinental railroads in the United States and Canada (Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railroad, etc.), the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the East-West Transcontinental Railroad in Australia.

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Japanese:

大陸を横断してその両岸を結ぶ鉄道。一般に開拓鉄道として建設されたが，経済的開発と並んで，政治的・軍事的意義も重視された。 19世紀後半の大陸内部の開発に大きく貢献し，海岸線からへだたった地域と海港とを結ぶ貨物輸送の強化，大陸内の鉄道網を機能的に統合する意味で重要な存在である。アメリカやカナダの大陸横断鉄道 (ユニオン・パシフィック鉄道，サザン・パシフィック鉄道，カナディアン・パシフィック鉄道など) ，シベリア鉄道，オーストラリアの東西横断鉄道などはその例。

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