This statistic represents selected countries' railroad networks in 2019, by length. The U.S. rail system stretched across almost 150,500 km, making it the largest network in the world. Railroads include railway routes that are open for public passenger and freight services and excludes dedicated private resource railways and parallel tracks.
Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers)
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Statistics on Rail industry worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Railroad services - most efficient countries 2019
- Premium Statistic Rail freight traffic worldwide, by region 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Railroad network of selected countries 2019
- Premium Statistic Rail passenger traffic – by region 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Rolling stock - global market volume 2016-2018
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Segments
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- Premium Statistic Rail passenger traffic - Africa 2006–2019
- Premium Statistic Rail freight traffic in the Americas 2006–2020
- Premium Statistic Rail freight traffic in Europe 2012–2019
- Premium Statistic Asia Oceania and the Middle East rail freight traffic 2006-2019
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Rail activities revenue of selected rolling stock manufacturers 2020
- Premium Statistic Market share of leading rolling stock manufacturers in North America 2019
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- Premium Statistic World's largest railway companies by market value 2022
- Premium Statistic Europe: train signaling and control technology 2014-2018
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Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Colombia: length of railroad network 2004-2018
- Canadian National Railway - route miles 2013-2021
- Distance driven on railway by passenger transport in Sweden 2018-2019
- Length of railway network in Denmark 2010-2020, by railway system
- Share of delayed train journeys between Gothenburg and Stockholm in Sweden 2017
- Employees in railway transport in China 2020, by region
- Length of rail network in the MENA by country 2015
- Tramway networks in North America - key figures 2014-2015
- Casualties in U.S. railroad trespassings 2008-2020
- Local road infrastructure satisfaction APAC 2019 by country
- Average number of employees of DSB 2012-2020
- Annual revenue of DSB 2012-2020
- Number of customers of DSB 2012-2020
- Costs for operating trains of DSB 2020, by type of cost
- Number of serviced train stations of DSB 2012-2020
- Vehicles transported via the Channel Tunnel 2012-2016
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- Colombia: length of railroad network 2004-2018
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- Length of railway network in Denmark 2010-2020, by railway system
- Share of delayed train journeys between Gothenburg and Stockholm in Sweden 2017
- Employees in railway transport in China 2020, by region
- Length of rail network in the MENA by country 2015
- Tramway networks in North America - key figures 2014-2015
- Casualties in U.S. railroad trespassings 2008-2020
- Local road infrastructure satisfaction APAC 2019 by country
- Average number of employees of DSB 2012-2020
- Annual revenue of DSB 2012-2020
- Number of customers of DSB 2012-2020
- Costs for operating trains of DSB 2020, by type of cost
- Number of serviced train stations of DSB 2012-2020
- Vehicles transported via the Channel Tunnel 2012-2016
World Bank. (April 13, 2021). Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/
World Bank. "Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers)." Chart. April 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/
World Bank. (2021). Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/
World Bank. "Length of Railroad Network in Selected Countries around The World in 2019 (in Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/
World Bank, Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Length of railroad network in selected countries around the world in 2019 (in kilometers) [Graph], World Bank, April 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264657/ranking-of-the-top-20-countries-by-length-of-railroad-network/