List of countries by rail transport network size






Rail network divided by area of country


This list of countries by rail transport network size based on International Union of Railways data ranks countries by length of rail lines worked at end of year updated with other reliable sources. These figures also include urban/suburban mass-transport systems; as well as lines which are not used for passenger services.[1]




Contents






  • 1 List


  • 2 Countries currently without a rail network


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





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Rank
 Country
 Length
(km)
 Electrified length
(km)
 Historic peak length
(km)
 Area (km2) per km track
 Population per km track
 Nationalised or Private
 Data year
 Notes
1
United States United States
 257,722[2]
 <1,600[3]
 409,000[4]
 43.71 1,373 Private 2016 [5]
2
China China
 127,000 87,000[6]
 75.6[6]
 10,945[6]
 Nationalised 2017 [6]
3
Russia Russia
 85,500 43,700 199.98 1,678 Nationalised 2017 [7]
4
India India
 67,368[8]
 25,367[8]
 48.8 19,656 Nationalised 2017 [8]
5
Canada Canada
 46,552
 129 214.48 716 Private 2017 [5]
6
Germany Germany
 43,468 19,973 58,297 8.22 1,881 Both 2010 [9]
7
Australia Australia
 38,445 2,715 199.94 572 Both 2008 [5]
8
Brazil Brazil
 37,743 6,988 299.6 6986 Private (2014)
9
Argentina Argentina
 36,966 136 47,000 77.45 1117 Nationalised 2008 [5]
10
France France
 29,640 15,140 21.53 2201 Nationalised 2008 [5]
11
Japan Japan
 27,182 16,702[10]
 16.10 5451 Private 2009 [5]
12
Italy Italy
 26,500 16,683[11]
 12.46 2507 Both (2011)
13
Ukraine Ukraine
 22,300 9,752 27.07 2048 Nationalised (2010)
14
Romania Romania
 22,298 3,971 10.69 854 Both (2008)
15
South Africa South Africa
 20,953 8,105 58.28 2,577.29 Nationalised 2017 [12]
16
Poland Poland
 19,627 17,358 24,000
(before 1989)[13]
 15.93 1946 Nationalised (2008)
17
United Kingdom United Kingdom
 17,732 5,328[11]
 34,000
(before Beeching Axe)		 15.00 3825 Both (Franchised)[a]
 (2008)
18
Mexico Mexico
 17,166 22 114.43 6,697 Private 2008 [5]
19
Spain Spain
 15,947 9,623 33.55 3062 Nationalised (2012) [14]
20
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
 15,372 4,000 180.71 1,171 Nationalised (2010) [5]
21
Iran Iran
 12,998 2,200 km 148.41 6816 Nationalised (2014)
[15][16]
22
Sweden Sweden
 12,821 7,918 16,900
(around 1938)[17]
 35.12 732 Both (2010)
23
 Turkey
 12,532 3,159[18]
 71.29 6708 Nationalised (2016) [18]
24
 Czech Republic
 9,487 2,592[19]
 8.31 1111 Nationalised (2008)
25
 Indonesia
 8,529 550 223.31 27853 Nationalised (2008) [5]
26
 Hungary
 7,942 11.71 1257 Nationalised (2008)
27
 Pakistan
 7,791 286
(currently inactive)		 8,122 102.18 22759 Nationalised 2015 [20]
28
 Egypt
 6,700 149.47 12075 Nationalised (2010)
29
 Austria
 5,927 3,863 14.57 1460 Both (2008) [5]
30
 Finland
 5,919 3,067 57.13 911 Nationalised (2008) [5]
31
 Chile
 5,898 128.2 2931 (2006)
32
 Belarus
 5,537 874 37.81 1731 2008 [5]
33
 Sudan
 5,478 339.81 5640 (2006)
34
 North Korea
 5,235 ~3,500 23.03 4595 Nationalised (2006) [5]
35
  Switzerland
 5,232 5,232 5,232 7.89 1,532 Mainly privately operated
but thoroughly subsidised (~25%)
by taxes and by federal, cantonal,
and municipal subsidies.		 2012 [21]
36
 Cuba
 5,076 21.84 2215 (2007)
37
 Turkmenistan
 4,980 153.44 1585 (2014)
38
 Saudi Arabia
 4,700 1522.44 19219 (2007)
38
 Thailand
 4,700 107 126.04 16084 (2017) [5]
39
 Uzbekistan
 4,280 105.77 6488 (2011)
40
 Algeria
 4,175 283 551.83 9391 (2014) [5]
41
 Bulgaria
 4,159 2,831 26.66 1771 (2008) [5]
42
 New Zealand
 4,128 64.64 1070 (2006) [5]
43
 Norway
 4,114 2622 78.71 1209 Nationalised (2008)
44
 South Korea
 4,077.7 2,522 19.08 9348 Nationalised (2009) [5]
45
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 4,007 585.19 16463 (2008)
46
 Myanmar (Burma)		 3,955 171.07 12127 (2006) [5]
47
 Serbia
 3,809 20.34 1918 Nationalised (2008)
48
 Slovakia
 3,658 1577 13.4 1486 (2010)
49
 Belgium
 3,602[22]
 3,127 5,000
(10,000 including regional tramways)		 8.69 3108 Nationalised (2016) (km track per population or area dates from 2008, and wasn't updated in the 20018 update)[5][22]
50
 Nigeria
 3,528 261.84 44904 (2006)
51
 Ireland
 3,237 53 5,600 21.71 1424 Nationalised (2008)
52
 Vietnam
 3,147 105.25 27765 (2007)
53
 Mozambique
 3,116 256.54 6604 (2008)
54
 Netherlands
 3,013 2,303 13.71 5576 Semi privatised (2015)
[23][24]
55
 Zimbabwe
 3,000 313 130.25 4190 Nationalised (2010)
56
 Uruguay
 2,993 58.88 1121 (2006)
57
 Croatia
 2,974 1228 19.03 1443 (2009)
58
 Azerbaijan
 2,918 1,278 29.68 3207 (2009) [5]
59
 Bolivia
 2,866 383.32 3638 (2007)
60
 Bangladesh
 2,835 50.79 53392 (2008)
61
 Portugal
 2,562 1,634[25]
 36.0 4017 Nationalised (2013)
62
 Kenya
 2,778 208.92 13899 (2010)
63
 Angola
 2,761 2,764 451.54 6911 (2006) [5]
64
 Tanzania
 2,722 348.02 15866 (2006)
65
 Denmark
 2,667 640 16.16 2086 Nationalised (2008)
66
 Greece
 2,552 51.73 4229 (2012)
67
 Namibia
 2,382 346.05 877 (2006) [5]
68
 Latvia
 2,269 28.47 978 (2007)
69
 Tunisia
 2,218 73.76 4756 (2007)
70
 Estonia
 2164 132 3,000 20.95 608 Both (2014)
71
 Syria
 2,139 86.57 11078 (2008)
72
 Iraq
 2,032 215.71 15587 (2006)
73
 Peru
 2,020 636.25 14585 (2008)
74
 Morocco
 1,989 224.51 16227 (2008)
75
 Malaysia
 1,849 207 178.40 15324 (2010) [5]
76
 Mongolia
 1,810 864.15 1560 (2008)
77
 Lithuania
 1,766 36.98 1824 (2007)
78
 Taiwan
 1,703 1,300 5,000 21.25 13638 Both (2012) [26]
79
 Colombia
 1,663 648.85 27770 (2007)
80
 Georgia
 1,513 46.07 2932 (2007)
81
 Sri Lanka
 1,508 43.51 13696 (2010)
83
 Israel
 1,384 0[needs update]
 15.01 6355 Nationalised (2017)
[27]. The figure does not include mass-transit systems.
84
 Uganda
 1,244 930.65 122780 (2002)
85
 Zambia
 1,237 608.42 10547 (2006)
86
 Slovenia
 1,228 503.5
 16.51 1672 (2007)
87
 Moldova
 1,156 29.28 3083 (2008)
88
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 1,103 392 46.42 3484 (2007) [5]
89
 Cameroon
 974 488.13 19924 (2007)
90
 Ecuador
 966 293.54 14810 (2006) [5]
91
 Ghana
 953 250.30 25429 (2006)
92
 Senegal
 906 217.13 13724 (2004)
93
 Botswana
 888 655.10 2027 (2007)
94
 Guatemala
 885 123.04 16228 Private (2004) Operations Halted since 2006
95
 Madagascar
 854 687.40 24255 (2007)
96
 Armenia
 869 818 35.20 3863 (2012) [5]
97
 Guinea
 837 293.74 11926 (2006) [5]
98
 Gabon
 810 330.45 1858 (2007)
99
 Malawi
 797 148.66 18696 (2007)
100
 Republic of the Congo
 795 430.19 5086 (2006)
101
 Benin
 758 148.58 11581 (2006)
102
 Mali
 733 1691.94 19805 (2002)
103
 Mauritania
 728 1415.80 4753 (2008)
104
 Honduras
 699 160.36 11753 (2006) [5]
105
 Macedonia
 699 36.79 2943 (2007)
106
 Ethiopia
 659 659 784 1675.72 150935 (2016) [28]
107
 Cambodia
 650 278.52 20609 (2003)
108
 Côte d'Ivoire
 639 504.64 30889 (2007)
109
 Burkina Faso
 622 440.84 25291 (2006)
110
 Tajikistan
 616 232.31 11167 (2007)
111
 Fiji
 597 30.61 1442 (2006) [5]
112
 Togo
 568 99.97 10613 (2006) [5]
113
 El Salvador
 562 37.44 10221 (2007)
114
 Dominican Republic
 517 94.14 18141 (2006) [5]
115
 Jordan
 507 355.94 24649 (2007)
116
 Liberia
 490 227.28 8151 (2006) [5]
117
 Philippines
 479 626.30 196270 (2008) as of March 2013 only 80 km used (43 km for Tututban -Sta. Rosa and 37 km for Sipocot-Naga City)
118
 Albania
 423 67.96 7553 (2007)
119
 Kyrgyzstan
 417 479.50 12860 (2007)
120
 Lebanon
 401 25.94 10544 (2006) [5]
121
 Panama
 355 212.45 9594 (2006) [5]
122
 Venezuela
 336 2714.43 87458 (2006)
123
 Eritrea
 306 384.31 17170 (2006) [5]
124
 Swaziland
 301 57.69 3940 (2008)
125
 Costa Rica
 278 183.81 16416 (2007) [5]
126
 Luxembourg
 274 9.40 1826 Nationalised (2007)
127
 United Arab Emirates
 264 316 21,893 Private (2013)
128
 Montenegro
 250 55.47 2516.88 (2008)
129
 Hong Kong
 218 34077.46 Private (2014) [29]
130
 Suriname
 166 986.87 3163 (2001) [5]
131
 Singapore
 160.6 3.94 28682 (2012) [30]
132
 Guyana
 127.2 1149.57 4197 (2001 est.) [5]
133
 Djibouti
 92 80 252.17 9203 (2016) [31]
134
 Sierra Leone
 84 854.05 69857 (2001) [5]
135
 Afghanistan
 75 8696.40 418827 (2011) [32]
136
 Jamaica
 65 40.41 9948 (2003) [5]
137
   Nepal
 59 2494.59 484491 (2006) [5]
138
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 58 5.22 1040 (2006) [5]
139
 Paraguay
 38 11298.67 173056 (2006) [5]
140
 Puerto Rico (US)		 17.2 143.65 38810 (2006) [5]
141
 Brunei
 13 443.46 30692 (2001 est.) [5]
142
 Liechtenstein
 9.5 17.78 4017 (2006) [5]
143 Western Sahara 5 53200.00 106200 (2008) see Mauritania Railway
144
 Nauru
 3.9 4.20 2000 (2001) [5]
145
 Laos
 3.5 59200.00 1557550 (2005) see Friendship Bridge
146
 Monaco
 1.7 1.7 1.18 20588 (2012) [5]
147
 Lesotho
 1.6 10118.33 723667 (1995) [5]
148
  Vatican City
 1.27 0 0.52 969 (2001 est.)
World 1,370,782 372.12 4814 (2006) [5]




  1. ^ In 2014, Network Rail, which owns the railway infrastructure in Great Britain, was reclassified as a "public sector body" and its financial liabilities are now formally included as part of the national debt.[33] Much debate continues if this constitutes as the "nationalisation" of Network Rail.[citation needed] Private firms continue to operate the majority of train services under government franchises or concessions.




Countries currently without a rail network




  •  Andorra


  •  Bhutan


  •  Chad


  •  Cyprus – 1905 to 1951


  •  East Timor


  •  The Gambia


  •  Guinea-Bissau


  •  Haiti – rails still in Port-au-Prince from railway from factories to port, left out of service since 1970's.


  •  Iceland – see Rail transport in Iceland for former and proposed future railways


  •  Kuwait – planned 2008


  •  Libya – 1912 to 1965; (network under construction in 2008–2011, but works stalled, see Libyan Railways)


  •  Macau – A light rail network is under construction.[34] There is also a short cable car on Monte da Guia


  •  Malta – operated 1883 to 1931


  •  Marshall Islands


  •  Mauritius – 1860s to 1960s


  •  Micronesia


  •  Niger – see Rail transport in Niger for proposals. A railway apparently was under construction in 2014.


  •  Oman – planned 2008


  •  Papua New Guinea – planned 2007


  •  Qatar – planned 2008


  •  Rwanda – planned 2016


  •  San Marino – an electric railway linked Rimini (Italy) and San Marino City until 1944


  •  Solomon Islands


  •  Somalia – Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway existed from 1914 to 1941


  •  Suriname


  •  Tonga


  •  Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad Government Railway from 1876 until 1968; Trinidad Rapid Railway now planned


  •  Tuvalu


  •  Vanuatu – formerly on Efate


  •  Yemen – planned 2008



See also




  • List of countries by rail usage

  • Rail transport by country



References


Primary source: UIC data





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