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Rail network divided by area of country

This article gives rail usage statistics by country according to figures provided by International Union of Railways (UIC).

Today, of the almost 10,000 billions tonne-kilometres performed around the world almost half of it is perfomed in USA and China, while 2,868 billions are performed in Europe. Among the 3,000 billions passengers-kilometres performed around the world 1,158 billions passengers-kilometres are done in India, solely.[1]

Freight rail

Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers

Tonne-km of selected carriers in European Union, 2003

Countries with more than one billion tonne-km according to the latest UIC Synopsis 2014 publication.[1]

Rank Country Billion ton-Km Year
1  USA[citation needed] 2,524 2014[citation needed]
2  China 2,308 2014
3  Russia 2,298 2014
4  India 666 2014
5  Canada 352 2014
6  Brazil 267 2014
7  EU 261 2014
8  Ukraine 237 2014
9  Kazakhstan 236 2014
10  South Africa 135 2014
11  Mexico 79 2014
12  Germany 75 2014
13  Australia 60 2014
14  Belarus 45 2014
15  Poland 32 2014
16  France 32 2014
17  Uzbekistan 22 2014
18  UK 21 2007
19  Iran 22 2014
20  Japan 20.2 2010
21  Austria 16 2014
22  Latvia 15 2014
23  Lithuania 14 2014
24  Argentina 12 2014
25  Turkmenistan 12 2014
26  Colombia 12 2014
27  Sweden 11 2009
28  Turkey 11 2014
29  South Korea 10 2014
30  Italy 10 2014
31  Czech Republic 10 2014
32  Finland 10 2014
33   Switzerland 9 2014
34  Azerbaijan 8 2014
35  Spain 8 2014
36  Mauritania 8 2014
37  Indonesia 7 2014
38  Netherlands 6 2014
39  Morocco 6 2014
40  Belgium 5 2014
41  Estonia 5 2014
42  Chile 4 2014
43  Vietnam 4 2014
44  Malaysia 3 2014
45  Serbia 3 2014
46  Thailand 3 2014
47  Gabon 2 2014
48  Croatia 2 2014
49  Tunisia 2 2014
50  Kenya 2 2014[2]
51  Egypt 2 2014
52  Algeria 1 2014
53  Cameroon 1 2014

Freight rail by million-ton

Countries with more than 10 million tonnes[1]

Rank Country Million tonnes Year
2  China 2,308 2014
1  USA 2,524 2014
3  Russia 1,378 2014
4  India 665 2014
5  Brazil 460 2014
6  Ukraine 457 2011
7  Canada 310 2011
8  Kazakhstan 295 2012
9  Australia 242 2011
10  Germany 221 2014
11  South Africa 197 2011
12  Belarus 141 2014
13  Poland 120 2014
14  Mexico 105 2010
15  UK 104 2007
16  Uzbekistan 82 2014
17  Austria 74 2014
18  France 63 2011
19  Colombia 59 2014
20  Czech Republic 57 2014**
21  Latvia 57** 2013
22  Lithuania 49 2014
23  Shetland 46* 2014
24  Romania 44 2014
25  South Korea 40 2013
26  Italy 38 2014
27  Finland 37 2014
28  Belgium 37 2009
29  Slovakia 36 2014
30  Morocco 34.6 2014
31  Iran 33 2013
32  Japan 31 2010
33  Turkmenistan 27 2012
34  Turkey 26** 2014
35  Estonia 26** 2012
36  Spain 25** 2014
37  Chile 25** 2013
38  Argentina 24 2010
39  Azerbaijan 23 2012
40  Georgia 20** 2012
41  Indonesia 20** 2010
42  Mongolia 18 2011
43  Slovenia 17 2014
44  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 2014
45  Malaysia 12 2011
46  Bulgaria 11.5 2012
47  Taiwan 11 2012
48  Thailand 11 2011
49  Croatia 10 2014
50  Tunisia 10 2012


Freight Modal share (in all kinds of transport)

Country modal
share
[%] 		year
 Russia 65 2006[3]
 Latvia 61 2012[4]
 China 58 2006[3]
 Estonia 47 2012[4]
  Switzerland 46 2012[5]
 United States 42 2006[3]
 Austria 41 2012[4]
 Sweden 40 2012[4]
 Lithuania 38 2012[4]
 Finland 27 2012[4]
 Romania 24 2012[4]
 Germany 23 2012[4]
 Czech Republic 22 2012[4]
 Hungary 21 2012[4]
 Japan 20 2000[6]
 Slovakia 20 2012[4]
 Poland 18 2012[4]
 Belgium 18 2012[4]
 France 15 2012[4]
 Italy 14 2012[4]
 United Kingdom 12 2012[4]
 Bulgaria 9 2012[4]
 Netherlands 5 2012[4]
 European Union 18 2012[4]

Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita

Country Tonne-kilometer per capita Year
 Russia 12,599
 Canada 10,517
 United States 9,165
 Australia 2,308
 China 2,150
  Switzerland 1477 2013[5][7]
 Germany 1,060
 European Union 782

Passenger rail

These figures do not include metro railway systems; see Lists of rapid transit systems for metro rail statistics.

Passenger-km of rail transport per year

Countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km[1]

Rank Country Billion
passenger-km 		Year
2  China 807 2014
1  India 1,158.7 2014
3  Europe 804 2014
4  Japan 260 2013
5  Russia 128.8 2014
6  France 83.9 2014
7  Germany 79.3 2014
8  Ukraine 49.2 2011
9  Italy 39.7 2014
10  UK 32.8 2015[8]
11  Spain 24.5 2014
12  South Korea 22.6 2013
13  Pakistan 20.6 2011
14  Indonesia 20.3 2010
15  Taiwan 19.6 2014
16   Switzerland 18.4 2014
17  Iran 17.4 2013
18  Netherlands 17 2013
19  Kazakhstan 16.6 2011
20  Poland 11.9 2011
21  Austria 11.4 2014
22  Belgium 10.8 2011
23  USA 10.3 2014
24  Belarus 7.7 2011
25  Thailand 7.5 2011
26  Bangladesh 7.3 2010
27  Czech Republic 6.9 2014
28  Sweden 6.1 2014
29  Turkey 5.9 2011
30  Denmark 5.8 2014
31  Hungary 5.7 2014
32  Morocco 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
Japan Japan 7,289 2014 [1]
India India 8,397 2014

[1]

Germany Germany 2,023 2014
China China 1,641 2014
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1,610 2013 ATOC services: 1,587.8[9] (2013–14)
NI Railways: 10.7[10] (2011/12)
Eurostar: 9.7[11] (2011)
France France 1,122 2014 [1]
 RUS 1070 2014 [1]
Italy Italy 622 2010 [1]
 Spain 578 2014
 Ukraine 485 2011 [1]
  Switzerland 475 2014 [1]
 Netherlands 346 2013 [1]
 Taiwan 233 2014 [1]
 Belgium 229 2011 [1]
 Austria 245 2014 [1]
 INA 199 2010 [1]
 Czech Republic 170 2014 [1]
 Denmark 163 2014 [1]
 Poland 140 2014 [1]
 South Korea 131 2014 [1]
 Hungary 119 2014 [1]
 Portugal 110 2014
 Belarus 92 2014
 Turkey 78 2014
 Israel 49 2014
 Thailand 44 2011
 Malaysia 40 2011
 USA 29 2014 [1]
 HRV 22 2014
 LUX 20 2014


Modal ratio of railway transport (excluding metro) compared to other modes of transport.

Country modal
ratio
[%] 		year
 Belgium 6.9 2006[3]
 Austria 9.8 2006[3]
 Bulgaria 5.4 2006[3]
 Croatia 4.4 2006[3]
 Czech Republic 6.9 2006[3]
 Denmark 9.0 2006[3]
 Estonia 1.7 2006[3]
 Finland 4.9 2006[3]
 France 9.2 2006[3]
 Germany 7.7 2006[3]
 Greece 1.6 2006[3]
 Hungary 12.6 2006[3]
 Indonesia 6.3 2005[12]
 Ireland 5.1 2006[3]
 Italy 5.5 2006[3]
 Japan 27 2000[6]
 Latvia 5.1 2006[3]
 Lithuania 1.0 2006[3]
 Luxembourg 3.9 2006[3]
 Macedonia 1.7 2006[3]
 Netherlands 8.3 2006[3]
 Norway 4.5 2006[3]
 Poland 6.7 2006[3]
 Portugal 4.4 2006[3]
 Romania 9.3 2006[3]
 Slovenia 3.2 2006[3]
 Slovakia 5.9 2006[3]
 Spain 5.3 2006[3]
 Sweden 8.2 2006[3]
  Switzerland 19.0 2012[5]
 Turkey 2.5 2006[3]
 United Kingdom 5.9 2006[3]
 United States 0.3 2004[3]

Passenger km per head of population

Only countries with five billion or more passenger km are included.

Country Kilometers/year Year
  Switzerland 2430.9 2013[5][7]
 Japan 1,995
 France 1,370
 Denmark 1,329
 Austria 1,245
 Russia 1,220
 Ukraine 1,150
 Belarus 1,030
 Belgium 1,009
 Netherlands 940
 Germany 910
 Kazakhstan 880
 Italy 780
 India 777
 United Kingdom 770
 Hungary 690
 Czech Republic 660
 China 653
 South Korea 650
 Sweden 620
 Egypt 550
 Spain 460
 Poland 450
 Taiwan 410
 Romania 380
 Iran 180
 Argentina 170
 Pakistan 160
 Thailand 150
 Indonesia 110
 Turkey 80
 United States 80

Brief railway statistics by country

An important stage to use the brief traffic data according to UIC in 2007 and (List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita).

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 %
 Russia 17.09 143 16 RZD 128 36 48 1.3 20101 173 2090 14 2528 42 67 9.1 4 2 80 107
 Germany 0.36 82 35 DB 34 18 20 1.2 74 91 22 410 10 17 22.4 11 3 60 109
 France 0.55 62 34 SNCF 29 16 14 1.8 81 40 48 496 16.8 12 4 105
 Japan 0.38 127 34 JR 20 8 12 2.5 253 23 79 368 29 69.6 100 124
 South Korea 0.1 48 28 KNR 3 1 2 0.32 32 11 10 472 20.4 20 106
 UK 0.24 61 37 NR 16 5 0.3 48 21
 Taiwan 0.036 23 31 TRA 1 0.67 0.69 0.33 9 1 77
 Spain 0.51 45 31 Renfe 15 5 9 1.27 21 11 4 105
 Italy 0.3 59 31 FS 16 7 12 0.82 45 21 9 96
 Turkey 0.78 74 13 TCDD 9 04 1.9 0.25 6 10 572 24 69
  Switzerland 0.041 8 43 SBB 4 2 3 15 13 442 40.9 100 103
 Iran 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
 USA 9.6 302 47 AMTK 227 2820 5254 42 34 2 1 128
 Egypt 1 73 6 ENR 5 1.5 0.07 41 4 6.1 80
 India 3.28 1132 3 IR 63 17.4 17.8 696 481 1614 5.5 2 8
 China 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
 Poland 0.31 38 17 PKP 19 9 12
 South Africa 1.22 48 10 SAR 24 2 8 3421 14 109 2700 11
 Kazakhstan 2.72 16 11 KTZ 14 5 4 1727 14 191
 Brazil 8.54 189 10 29 0.5 2394 232
 Pakistan .796 169 3 PR 7 0.3 544 26 6
 Austria 0.08 40 OBB
 Morocco 0.44 32 4 ONCFM 2 0.6 1 4 6 915 0.8 89

See also

Sources

References

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