Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
38,783
Germany
Lowest
9
Liechtenstein, Principality of
Median
3,200
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
1,287

What the numbers show

Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 38,783 in Germany; the lowest is 9 in Liechtenstein, Principality of.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,200, and the mean is 6,700.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,309.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania, Republic of (up 8.9%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 30.9%).

Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 38,783 2021 up 0.2% rising
2 France 27,564 2024 down 7.3% falling
3 Ukraine 19,760 2023 down 8.5% falling
4 Poland, Republic of 19,625 2024 up 2.0% falling
5 Italy 16,879 2024 up 0.9% rising
6 Spain 16,257 2024 up 7.1% rising
7 United Kingdom 16,189 2024 down 0.1% falling
8 Sweden 10,902 2024 up 0.2% flat
9 Romania 10,611 2024 down 1.5% falling
10 Czech Republic 9,514 2024 down 0.5% flat
11 Hungary 7,437 2024 up 3.2% flat
12 Finland 5,915 2024 down 0.5% flat
13 Austria 5,624 2024 up 1.7% flat
14 Switzerland 5,307 2024 up 2.3% rising
15 Bulgaria 4,025 2024 up 0.0% falling
16 Norway 3,962 2024 up 1.4% flat
17 Slovak Republic 3,629 2024 up 0.1% flat
18 Belgium 3,615 2024 down 0.4% falling
19 Serbia, Republic of 3,357 2024 down 12.1% falling
20 Netherlands, The 3,043 2024 up 0.4% rising
21 Croatia, Republic of 2,617 2024 up 0.5% flat
22 Portugal 2,526 2024 down 0.8% falling
23 Denmark 2,448 2024 down 6.3% falling
24 Ireland 2,045 2024 unchanged rising
25 Lithuania, Republic of 1,924 2024 up 8.9% falling
26 Latvia, Republic of 1,831 2024 down 1.6% falling
27 Greece 1,818 2024 down 18.8% falling
28 Slovenia, Republic of 1,208 2024 down 0.1% flat
29 Estonia, Republic of 1,171 2024 up 0.4% rising
30 Moldova, Republic of 1,151 2024 down 0.4% falling
31 Georgia 1,114 2024 down 30.9% falling
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,025 2024 down 0.2% flat
33 North Macedonia, Republic of 683 2024 down 2.3% flat
34 Luxembourg 271 2024 down 1.5% falling
35 Albania 252.95 2024 down 26.9% falling
36 Montenegro 250.5 2024 up 0.6% flat
37 Kosovo* 246.35 2022 unchanged flat
38 Liechtenstein, Principality of 9 2024 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Length of electrified and non-electrified railway lines by track gauge
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
40 places, 1,287 data points, 1962–2024
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