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Chinese firm Daqin Railway offers both freight and passenger services . Its freight business mainly includes transport of coal , coke , cement , non-metallic minerals , iron , steel , wood , and ore . The company was only founded in October 2004 but already has a staggering 98,000 employees .

Hong Kong based MTR is the rapid transit railway system of the region , and posted £ 2.94 billion in sales . Founded in 1979 , there are more than 23,000 people employee on what is considered to be one of the most profitable systems in the world , with a high fare box recovery ratio of 186 percent .

40 September 2014