List of countries by rail usage

Length of rail network divided by area of country

This is a list of countries by rail usage. Rail usage may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport respectively. This is the number of tonnes or passengers multiplied by the average distance of their journeys in kilometres.

Overview

Almost 10,000 billion freight tonne-kilometres are travelled around the world. Roughly one quarter of these are travelled in the United States, another quarter in China, and a third in Russia. Of the 3,000bn passenger-kilometres travelled across the world, 1,158bn of these are travelled solely in India. The average Swiss person travels 2,430 km by train each year, almost 500 more than the average Japanese person (the Japanese having the second-highest average kilometres travelled per passenger in the world).

In 2014 there were around 1 million kilometres of railway in the world (a decrease of 3% compared to 2013). Of this, 350,000 km are in Europe and mainly used for passenger service, 370,000 km are in America and mainly used for freight, and 230,000 km are in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service.[1] In America and Europe, there are many low cost airlines and motorways which compete with rail for passenger traffic, while Asia has seen a large growth in high-speed rail with 257bn pkm representing 72% of total world high-speed rail passenger traffic.[1]

Freight rail

Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year

Tonne-km of selected carriers in the European Union, 2003

Countries with more than one billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank Country Billion tkm Data year
1 United States 2,704[2] 2014
2 China 2,375[3] 2015
3 Russia 2,306[4] 2015
4 India 666 2014
5 Canada 352 2011
6 Brazil 267 2014
7 European Union 261 2014
8 Ukraine 237 2011
9 Kazakhstan 236 2012
10 Australia 198[5] 2008
11 South Africa 135 2014
12 Mexico 81[2] 2014
13 Germany 75 2014
14 Belarus 45 2014
15 Poland 32 2014
16 France 32 2014
17 United Kingdom 24.4[6] 2014
18 Uzbekistan 22 2012
19 Iran 22 2013
20 Sweden 21.1[7] 2014
21 Japan 21[2] 2014
22 Austria 16 2014
23 Latvia 15 2014
24 Lithuania 14 2014
25 Argentina 12 2010
26 Turkmenistan 12 2012
27 Colombia 12 2009
28 Turkey 11 2014
29 South Korea 10 2013
30 Italy 10 2014
31 Czech Republic 10 2014
32 Finland 9.6[1] 2014
33  Switzerland 9 2014
34 Azerbaijan 8 2014
35 Spain 8 2014
36 Mauritania 8 2010
37 Indonesia 7 2010
38 Netherlands 6[8] 2013
39 Morocco 6 2011
40 Belgium 5 2014
41 Estonia 5 2012
42 Norway 4[8] 2013
43 Chile 4 2009
44 Vietnam 4 2012
45 Malaysia 3 2011
46 Serbia 3 2014
47 Thailand 3 2011
48 Gabon 2 2014
49 Croatia 2 2014
50 Denmark 2[8] 2013
51 Tunisia 2 2010
53 Egypt 2 2010
54 Kenya 1.7 2014[9]
55 Algeria 1 2012
56 Cameroon 1 2011

Tonnes carried in rail transport per year

Countries with more than ten million tonnes carried per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank Country Million tonnes Data year
1 China 3,358[3] 2015
2 United States 1,710 2011
3 Australia 1,298[10] 2014
4 Russia 1,218[11] 2015
5 Brazil 460 2014
6 Ukraine 457 2011
7 Canada 310 2011
8 Kazakhstan 295 2012
9 Germany 221 2014
10 South Africa 197 2011
11 Belarus 141 2014
12 Poland 120 2014
13 United Kingdom 110.1[12] 2014
14 India 106 2014
15 Mexico 105 2010
16 Uzbekistan 82 2014
17 Austria 74 2014
18 France 63 2011
19 Colombia 59 2014
20 Czech Republic 57 2014
21 Latvia 57 2014
22  Switzerland 50[1] 2014
23 Lithuania 49 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 37 2011
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 12 2014
47 Taiwan 11 2012
48 Thailand 11 2011
49 Croatia 10 2014
50 Tunisia 10 2012

Freight modal share for rail

The modal share carried by rail of all freight in a given country.

Rank Country Modal share (%) Data year
1  Canada 68[13] 2009
2  Latvia 61[14] 2012
3  Russia 59[13] 2010
4  Estonia 47[14] 2012
5   Switzerland 46[15] 2012
6  United States 44[13] 2008
7  Austria 41[14] 2012
8  Sweden 40[14] 2012
9  Australia 40[16] 2009
10  Lithuania 38[14] 2012
11  China 31[13] 2009
12  Finland 27[14] 2012
13  Romania 24[14] 2012
14  Germany 23[14] 2012
15  Czech Republic 22[14] 2012
16  Hungary 21[14] 2012
17  Slovakia 20[14] 2012
18  Poland 18[14] 2012
19  Belgium 18[14] 2012
20  France 15[14] 2012
21  Italy 14[14] 2012
22  United Kingdom 12[14] 2012
23  Bulgaria 9[14] 2012
24  Japan 6.2[13] 2010
25  Netherlands 5[14] 2012

Freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita

Rank Country Tonne-kilometre per capita Data year
1  Russia 12,599
2  Canada 10,517
3  United States 9,165
4  Australia 2,308
5  China 2,150
6   Switzerland 1,480[15][17] 2013
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-kilometres of rail transport per year

Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres (tkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways (UIC).

Rank Country Billion passenger-kilometres Data year
1  China 1,196[3] 2015
2  India 1,159 2014
3  Japan 260[note 1] 2013
4  Russia 128.8 2014
5  France 83.9 2014
6  Germany 79.3 2014
7  United Kingdom 64.4[18] 2015
8  Ukraine 49.2 2011
9  Italy 39.7 2014
10  Spain 24.5 2014
11  South Korea 22.6 2013
12  Pakistan 20.6 2011
13  Indonesia 20.3 2010
14  Taiwan 19.6 2014
15   Switzerland 18.4 2014
16  Iran 17.4 2013
17  Netherlands 17 2013
18  Kazakhstan 16.6 2011
19  Poland 11.9 2011
20  Austria 11.4 2014
21  Belgium 10.8 2011
22  United States 10.3[note 2] 2014
23  Belarus 7.7 2011
24  Thailand 7.5 2011
25  Bangladesh 7.3 2010
26  Czech Republic 6.9 2014
27  Sweden 6.1 2014
28  Turkey 5.9 2011
29  Denmark 5.8 2014
30 Hungary 5.7 2014
31 Morocco 5.3 2014
 World 3,070 2014
 Europe 804 2014

Passengers carried in rail transport per year

Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

Rank Country Million passengers Data year Notes
1 China China 17,116 2014 Beijing Metro alone had 3.41 billion passengers in 2014; China Railway sent 2.534 billion passengers in 2015.
2 Japan Japan 9,147 2014
3 India India 8,397 2014
4 Germany Germany 2,023 2014
5 United Kingdom United Kingdom 1,689 2015[18] The London Underground ("The Tube") had an additional 1.34 billion passengers in 2015-16[19]
6 France France 1,122 2014
7  Russia 1,070 2014 Moscow Metro alone had 2.45 billion passengers in 2014[20]
8 Italy Italy 622 2010
9  Spain 578 2014
10  Ukraine 485 2011
11   Switzerland 475 2014
12  Netherlands 346 2013
13  Taiwan 233 2014
14  Belgium 229 2011
15  Austria 245 2014
16  Indonesia 199 2010
17  Czech Republic 170 2014
18  Denmark 163 2014
19  Poland 140 2014
20  South Korea 131 2014
21  Hungary 119 2014
22  Portugal 110 2014
23  Belarus 92 2014
24  Turkey 78 2014
25  Romania 65 2014
26  Israel 49 2014
27  Thailand 44 2011
29  Malaysia 40 2011
30  Croatia 22 2014
31  Luxembourg 20 2014
   United States   2015 Amtrak had 30.8 million passengers in the year 2014-15.[21] Among regional systems that report to the American Public Transportation Association, there were 3.945 billion metro/subway riders, 529.6 million commuter rail riders, and 489.8 million light rail/streetcar riders in 2015.[22]

Passenger modal share for rail

The modal share of railway transport (excluding tram & metro) as compared to other modes of transport.

Rank Country Modal share (%) year
1  Japan 30.5 2009[23]
2   Switzerland 17.2 2012[24]
3  Austria 11.5 2012[24]
4  Denmark 10.1 2012[24]
5  Hungary 10.1 2012[24]
6  United Kingdom 9.6 2014[25]
7  France 9.5 2012[24]
8  Sweden 9.1 2012[24]
9  Germany 9.0 2012[24]
10  Netherlands 8.8 2012[24]
11  Czech Republic 8.4 2012[24]
12  Belgium 8.0 2010[26]
13  Bulgaria 7.1 2012[24]
14  Slovakia 7.1 2012[24]
15  Indonesia 6.3 2005[27]
16  Italy 6.1 2012[24]
17  Spain 5.6 2012[24]
18  Finland 5.3 2012[24]
19  Romania 4.9 2012[24]
20  Latvia 4.8 2012[24]
21  Poland 4.8 2012[24]
22  Norway 4.7 2012[24]
23  Luxembourg 4.6 2012[24]
24  Portugal 4.1 2012[24]
25  Croatia 3.5 2012[24]
26  Ireland 2.8 2012[24]
27  Slovenia 2.3 2012[24]
28  Estonia 1.8 2012[24]
29  Turkey 1.7 2012[24]
30  Macedonia 1.5 2012[24]
31  Lithuania 0.8 2012[24]
32  Greece 0.7 2012[24]
33  United States 0.3 2004[28]

Passenger rail by passenger-kilometres per capita

Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres travelled per year.

Country Kilometers/year Year
  Switzerland 2430.9 2013[15][17]
 Japan 1,995
 Denmark 1,329
 France 1,298[29] 2014
 Austria 1,245
 Russia 1,220
 Ukraine 1,150
 Belarus 1,030
 Belgium 1,009
 United Kingdom 981[30] 2015
 Germany 959[31] 2014
 Netherlands 940
 Kazakhstan 880
 Italy 780
 India 777
 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

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
 United Kingdom 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
 United States 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

Notes

  1. ↑ The UIC data here cover the Japan Railways Group only.
  2. ↑ The UIC data here cover Amtrak only.

References

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