Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love train travel, whether long-distance between cities or underground on a city’s metro system. Perhaps not surprisingly, Hong Kong’s MTRC is the largest listed metro operator, while Japan offers the biggest and most diverse portfolio of listed rail operators. Further down the list you find Singapore taxi operator Comfort Del Gro and car rental companies like Avis and Sixt, showing which countries emphasize automotive transport over rail transport. So as reference, here is the list of the 30 largest ground transport stocks as of January 2017:
| RIC | Name | USD Market Cap (Millions) |
| 9022.T | Central Japan Railway Co | $33,931 |
| 9020.T | East Japan Railway Co | $33,873 |
| 0066.HK | MTR Corp Ltd | $29,203 |
| 9021.T | West Japan Railway Co | $11,903 |
| 9005.T | Tokyu Corp | $9,246 |
| 9042.T | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc | $8,168 |
| 9007.T | Odakyu Electric Railway Co Ltd | $7,301 |
| 9041.T | Kintetsu Group Holdings Co Ltd | $7,284 |
| 9006.T | Keikyu Corp | $6,401 |
| 9024.T | Seibu Holdings Inc | $6,142 |
| 9001.T | Tobu Railway Co Ltd | $5,343 |
| 9008.T | Keio Corp | $5,291 |
| 0525.HK / GSH | Guangshen Railway Co Ltd | $5,135 |
| 9048.T | Nagoya Railroad Co Ltd | $4,451 |
| 9009.T | Keisei Electric Railway Co Ltd | $4,190 |
| CMDG.SI | Comfortdelgro Corporation Ltd | $3,760 |
| 9045.T | Keihan Holdings Co Ltd | $3,723 |
| CAR.O | Avis Budget Group Inc | $3,293 |
| 9044.T | Nankai Electric Railway Co Ltd | $2,880 |
| SIXG.DE | Sixt SE | $2,328 |
| 0699.HK | CAR Inc | $2,292 |
| NEX.L | National Express Group PLC | $2,209 |
| 600611.SS | Dazhong Transportation Group Co Ltd | $2,079 |
| 9031.T | Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co Ltd | $1,815 |
| 600662.SS | Shanghai Qiangsheng Holding Co Ltd | $1,720 |
| 600708.SS | Bright Real Estate Group Co Ltd | $1,708 |
| 603508.SS | Henan Thinker Automatic Equipment Co Ltd | $1,604 |
| 600650.SS | Shanghai Jin Jiang International Industrial Investment Co Ltd | $1,550 |
| SGC.L | Stagecoach Group PLC | $1,539 |
| FGP.L | FirstGroup PLC | $1,539 |