[tsudounym]

Where? Switzerland is 100% but most of continental Europe, Japan and Korea is in the 60-70%s. Then we got USA with 0.84%

[genewitch]

100% of us freight trains use electric motors, I don't know about every passenger rail in the US, but I assure you electric drive is well over 0.84%

[narism]

> 100% of US freight trains use electric motors

I think you mean diesel-electric. They are talking about electrified miles of track which is almost exclusively limited to passenger lines in the US. Even where freight trains run on electrified track, they still use diesel-electric motors.

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