Rail usage statistics by country
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This article displays rail usage statistics by country according to the latest figures provided by the International Union of Railways (UIC) except for more up to date ones.
Today, of the almost 10,000 billion freight tonne-kilometres travelled around the world about a quarter each are in the United States, China and Russia. Among the 3,000 billion passenger-kilometres performed around the world 1,158 billion passenger-kilometres are done solely in India. The average Swiss travels every year 2,430.9 kilometres by train, almost 500 more than the Japanese who come in second.
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Freight rail
Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometres

Countries with more than one billion tonne-kilometres (tkm)[1]
Rank | Country | Billion tkm | Year |
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1 | ![]() |
2,704[2] | 2014 |
2 | ![]() |
2,308 | 2014 |
3 | ![]() |
2,298 | 2014 |
4 | ![]() |
666 | 2014 |
5 | ![]() |
352 | 2011 |
6 | ![]() |
267 | 2014 |
7 | ![]() |
261 | 2014 |
8 | ![]() |
237 | 2011 |
9 | ![]() |
236 | 2012 |
10 | ![]() |
135 | 2014 |
11 | ![]() |
81[2] | 2014 |
12 | ![]() |
75 | 2014 |
13 | ![]() |
60 | 2011 |
14 | ![]() |
45 | 2014 |
15 | ![]() |
32 | 2014 |
16 | ![]() |
32 | 2014 |
17 | ![]() |
24.4[3] | 2014 |
18 | ![]() |
22 | 2012 |
19 | ![]() |
22 | 2013 |
20 | ![]() |
21.1[4] | 2014 |
21 | ![]() |
21[2] | 2014 |
22 | ![]() |
16 | 2014 |
23 | ![]() |
15 | 2014 |
24 | ![]() |
14 | 2014 |
25 | ![]() |
12 | 2010 |
26 | ![]() |
12 | 2012 |
27 | ![]() |
12 | 2009 |
28 | ![]() |
11 | 2014 |
29 | ![]() |
10 | 2013 |
30 | ![]() |
10 | 2014 |
31 | ![]() |
10 | 2014 |
32 | ![]() |
9.6[1] | 2014 |
33 | ![]() |
9 | 2014 |
34 | ![]() |
8 | 2014 |
35 | ![]() |
8 | 2014 |
36 | ![]() |
8 | 2010 |
37 | ![]() |
7 | 2010 |
38 | ![]() |
6[5] | 2013 |
39 | ![]() |
6 | 2011 |
40 | ![]() |
5 | 2014 |
41 | ![]() |
5 | 2012 |
42 | ![]() |
4[5] | 2013 |
43 | ![]() |
4 | 2009 |
44 | ![]() |
4 | 2012 |
45 | ![]() |
3 | 2011 |
46 | ![]() |
3 | 2014 |
47 | ![]() |
3 | 2011 |
48 | ![]() |
2 | 2014 |
49 | ![]() |
2 | 2014 |
50 | ![]() |
2[5] | 2013 |
51 | ![]() |
2 | 2010 |
53 | ![]() |
2 | 2010 |
54 | ![]() |
1.7 | 2014[6] |
55 | ![]() |
1 | 2012 |
56 | ![]() |
1 | 2011 |
Freight rail by million-ton
Countries with more than 10 million tonnes[1]
Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Year |
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1 | ![]() |
2,614 | 2014 |
2 | ![]() |
1,710 | 2011 |
3 | ![]() |
1,378 | 2014 |
4 | ![]() |
460 | 2014 |
5 | ![]() |
457 | 2011 |
6 | ![]() |
310 | 2011 |
7 | ![]() |
295 | 2012 |
8 | ![]() |
242 | 2011 |
9 | ![]() |
221 | 2014 |
10 | ![]() |
197 | 2011 |
11 | ![]() |
141 | 2014 |
12 | ![]() |
120 | 2014 |
13 | ![]() |
110.1[7] | 2014 |
14 | ![]() |
106 | 2014 |
15 | ![]() |
105 | 2010 |
16 | ![]() |
82 | 2014 |
17 | ![]() |
74 | 2014 |
18 | ![]() |
63 | 2011 |
19 | ![]() |
59 | 2014 |
20 | ![]() |
57 | 2014 |
21 | ![]() |
57 | 2014 |
22 | ![]() |
50[1] | 2014 |
23 | ![]() |
49 | 2014 |
24 | ![]() |
44 | 2014 |
25 | ![]() |
40 | 2013 |
26 | ![]() |
38 | 2014 |
27 | ![]() |
37 | 2014 |
28 | ![]() |
37 | 2009 |
29 | ![]() |
36 | 2014 |
30 | ![]() |
37 | 2011 |
31 | ![]() |
33 | 2013 |
32 | ![]() |
31 | 2010 |
33 | ![]() |
27 | 2012 |
34 | ![]() |
26 | 2014 |
35 | ![]() |
26 | 2012 |
36 | ![]() |
25 | 2014 |
37 | ![]() |
25 | 2013 |
38 | ![]() |
24 | 2010 |
39 | ![]() |
23 | 2012 |
40 | ![]() |
20 | 2012 |
41 | ![]() |
20 | 2010 |
42 | ![]() |
18 | 2011 |
43 | ![]() |
17 | 2014 |
44 | ![]() |
13 | 2014 |
45 | ![]() |
12 | 2011 |
46 | ![]() |
12 | 2014 |
47 | ![]() |
11 | 2012 |
48 | ![]() |
11 | 2011 |
49 | ![]() |
10 | 2014 |
50 | ![]() |
10 | 2012 |
Country | modal share [%] |
year |
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68 | 2009[8] |
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59 | 2010[8] |
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61 | 2012[9] |
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47 | 2012[9] |
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46 | 2012[10] |
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44 | 2008[8] |
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41 | 2012[9] |
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40 | 2012[9] |
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38 | 2012[9] |
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31 | 2009[8] |
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27 | 2012[9] |
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24 | 2012[9] |
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23 | 2012[9] |
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22 | 2012[9] |
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21 | 2012[9] |
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20 | 2012[9] |
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18 | 2012[9] |
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18 | 2012[9] |
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15 | 2012[9] |
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14 | 2012[9] |
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12 | 2012[9] |
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9 | 2012[9] |
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6.2 | 2010[8] |
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5 | 2012[9] |
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18 | 2012[9] |
Freight rail by tonne-kilometre per capita
Country | Tonne-kilometre per capita | Year |
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12,599 | |
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10,517 | |
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9,165 | |
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2,308 | |
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2,150 | |
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1477 | 2013[10][11] |
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1,060 | |
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782 |
Passenger rail
These figures do not include metro railway systems; see Lists of rapid transit systems for metro rail statistics.
Passenger-kilometre of rail transport per year
Countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km[1]
Rank | Country | Billion passenger-km |
Year |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1,158.7 | 2014 |
2 | ![]() |
807 | 2014 |
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804 | 2014 | |
3 | ![]() |
260 | 2013 |
4 | ![]() |
128.8 | 2014 |
5 | ![]() |
83.9 | 2014 |
6 | ![]() |
79.3 | 2014 |
7 | ![]() |
62.9 | 2015[12] |
8 | ![]() |
49.2 | 2011 |
9 | ![]() |
39.7 | 2014 |
10 | ![]() |
24.5 | 2014 |
11 | ![]() |
22.6 | 2013 |
12 | ![]() |
20.6 | 2011 |
13 | ![]() |
20.3 | 2010 |
14 | ![]() |
19.6 | 2014 |
15 | ![]() |
18.4 | 2014 |
16 | ![]() |
17.4 | 2013 |
17 | ![]() |
17 | 2013 |
18 | ![]() |
16.6 | 2011 |
19 | ![]() |
11.9 | 2011 |
20 | ![]() |
11.4 | 2014 |
21 | ![]() |
10.8 | 2011 |
22 | ![]() |
10.3 | 2014 |
23 | ![]() |
7.7 | 2011 |
24 | ![]() |
7.5 | 2011 |
25 | ![]() |
7.3 | 2010 |
26 | ![]() |
6.9 | 2014 |
27 | ![]() |
6.1 | 2014 |
28 | ![]() |
5.9 | 2011 |
29 | ![]() |
5.8 | 2014 |
30 | ![]() |
5.7 | 2014 |
31 | ![]() |
5.3 | 2014 |
World | 3,070 | 2014 |
Passengers carried in rail transport per year
Countries with more than 20 million passengers[1]
Country | Million passengers | Year | Notes/Reference |
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8,397 | 2014 | |
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7,289 | 2014 | |
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2,023 | 2014 | |
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1,654 | 2015 | [13] |
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1,641 | 2014 | |
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1,122 | 2014 | |
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1070 | 2014 | |
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622 | 2010 | |
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578 | 2014 | |
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485 | 2011 | |
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475 | 2014 | |
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346 | 2013 | |
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233 | 2014 | |
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229 | 2011 | |
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245 | 2014 | |
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199 | 2010 | |
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170 | 2014 | |
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163 | 2014 | |
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140 | 2014 | |
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131 | 2014 | |
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119 | 2014 | |
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110 | 2014 | |
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92 | 2014 | |
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78 | 2014 | |
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49 | 2014 | |
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44 | 2011 | |
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40 | 2011 | |
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- | 2014 | Amtrak had 29 million passengers in 2014. |
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22 | 2014 | |
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20 | 2014 |
Modal ratio
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Country | modal ratio [%] |
year |
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6.9 | 2006[14] |
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9.8 | 2006[14] |
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5.4 | 2006[14] |
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4.4 | 2006[14] |
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6.9 | 2006[14] |
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9.0 | 2006[14] |
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1.7 | 2006[14] |
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4.9 | 2006[14] |
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9.2 | 2006[14] |
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7.7 | 2006[14] |
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1.6 | 2006[14] |
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12.6 | 2006[14] |
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6.3 | 2005[15] |
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5.1 | 2006[14] |
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5.5 | 2006[14] |
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27 | 2000[16] |
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5.1 | 2006[14] |
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1.0 | 2006[14] |
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3.9 | 2006[14] |
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1.7 | 2006[14] |
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8.3 | 2006[14] |
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4.5 | 2006[14] |
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6.7 | 2006[14] |
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4.4 | 2006[14] |
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9.3 | 2006[14] |
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3.2 | 2006[14] |
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5.9 | 2006[14] |
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5.3 | 2006[14] |
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8.2 | 2006[14] |
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19.0 | 2012[10] |
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2.5 | 2006[14] |
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5.9 | 2006[14] |
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0.3 | 2004[14] |
Passenger kilometre per head of population
Only countries with five billion or more passenger km are included.
Country | Kilometers/year | Year |
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2430.9 | 2013[10][11] |
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1,995 | |
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1,329 | |
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1,298[17] | 2014 |
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1,245 | |
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1,220 | |
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1,150 | |
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1,030 | |
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1,009 | |
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981[18] | 2015 |
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959[19] | 2014 |
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940 | |
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880 | |
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780 | |
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777 | |
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690 | |
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660 | |
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653 | |
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650 | |
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620 | |
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550 | |
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460 | |
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450 | |
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410 | |
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380 | |
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180 | |
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170 | |
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160 | |
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150 | |
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110 | |
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80 | |
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80 |
Brief railway statistics by country
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Country | area | pop | Av GDP | Rail co | Net km | Dbl km | El km | HSR km | Loco. No. | pkm | tkm | HS. PKm | train weight | Pass. % | Frt. % | Pass/ pop % | P. fare | F. tariff | Elec % | income % |
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17.09 | 143 | 16 | RZD | 128 | 36 | 48 | 1.3 | 20101 | 173 | 2090 | 14 | 2528 | 42 | 67 | 9.1 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 107 |
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0.36 | 82 | 35 | DB | 34 | 18 | 20 | 1.2 | 74 | 91 | 22 | 410 | 10 | 17 | 22.4 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 109 | |
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0.55 | 62 | 34 | SNCF | 29 | 16 | 14 | 1.8 | 81 | 40 | 48 | 496 | 16.8 | 12 | 4 | 105 | ||||
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0.38 | 127 | 34 | JR | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2.5 | 253 | 23 | 79 | 368 | 29 | 69.6 | 100 | 124 | ||||
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0.1 | 48 | 28 | KNR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.32 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 472 | 20.4 | 20 | 106 | |||||
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0.24 | 61 | 37 | NR | 16 | 5 | 0.3 | 48 | 21 | |||||||||||
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0.036 | 23 | 31 | TRA | 1 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 9 | 1 | 77 | |||||||||
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0.51 | 45 | 31 | Renfe | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1.27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 105 | ||||||||
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0.3 | 59 | 31 | FS | 16 | 7 | 12 | 0.82 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 96 | ||||||||
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0.78 | 74 | 13 | TCDD | 9 | 04 | 1.9 | 0.25 | 6 | 10 | 572 | 24 | 69 | |||||||
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0.041 | 8 | 43 | SBB | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 442 | 40.9 | 100 | 103 | |||||||
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1.6 | 71 | 11 | RAI | 7 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 400 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1088 | 4 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2 | 1 | 62 |
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9.6 | 302 | 47 | AMTK | 227 | 2820 | 5254 | 42 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 128 | ||||||||
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1 | 73 | 6 | ENR | 5 | 1.5 | 0.07 | 41 | 4 | 6.1 | 80 | |||||||||
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3.28 | 1132 | 3 | IR | 63 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 696 | 481 | 1614 | 5.5 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
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9.6 | 1342 | 6 | CR | 91 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 19000 | 876 | 2764 | 46 | ||||||||
World | 149 | 6400 | 10 | United Nations | 900 | 250 | 240 | 9 | 2468 | 9486 | 178 | 1677 | 10 | 20 | 50 | |||||
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0.31 | 38 | 17 | PKP | 19 | 9 | 12 | |||||||||||||
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1.22 | 48 | 10 | SAR | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3421 | 14 | 109 | 2700 | 11 | ||||||||
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2.72 | 16 | 11 | KTZ | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1727 | 14 | 191 | ||||||||||
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8.54 | 189 | 10 | 29 | 0.5 | 2394 | 232 | |||||||||||||
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.796 | 169 | 3 | PR | 7 | 0.3 | 544 | 26 | 6 | |||||||||||
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0.08 | 40 | OBB | |||||||||||||||||
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0.44 | 32 | 4 | ONCFM | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 915 | 0.8 | 89 |
See also
- List of countries by rail transport network size
- Rail transport
- Rail freight transport
- Units of transportation measurement
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Freight Britain: Continuity and certainty for rail freight Rail Delivery Group 2015 (page 3)
- ↑ SE Railway Transports 2014/Q4 Trafa.se March 10th 2015 (page 8)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 IRG-Rail Market monitoring report 2014 IRG-Rail (15) 2 April 3rd 2015 (page 31).
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ UK rail freight usage 2014/Q4 ORR report May 21th 2015 (page 10)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ ORR report June 2015 (page 5).
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Using above table and population at July 2014
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Using above table and population at July 2014