In 2021, China dominated the high-speed rail market in terms of passenger volume on its network, claiming over 606.4 billion passenger kilometers over the course of the year. European countries fared relatively well in the rankings with France and Germany respectively boasting 47.7 and 25 billion passenger kilometers in that same year.
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Passenger traffic on selected global high-speed rail networks in 2021, by national rail operator (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph], UIC, October 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133393/passenger-high-speed-rail-traffic-key-networks-by-operator-globally/