It is often difficult to compare freight tariffs and passenger fares among the world's railways. Using purchasing power parity adjustments, this note attempts an initial cross-country comparison of Tariff levels.
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This note attempts to answer those questions. Passenger revenues for some of the developed railways in the list may therefore be understated for this reason. In fact, few developing countries make PSO payments at all, so the potential distortion is not so large for them. All currency numbers in this note have been converted into constant 1992 values. Arguments can be made for using either.