Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands

Netherlands: Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed was 3,043 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
3,043
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
25th
of 51 countries
All-time high
3,058
in 2016
All-time low
2,753
in 1992
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands, 1990–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k1990200720241990: 2.8k1991: 2.8k1992: 2.8k1993: 2.8k1994: 2.8k1995: 2.8k1996: 2.8k1997: 2.8k1998: 2.8k1999: 2.8k2000: 2.8k2001: 2.8k2002: 2.8k2003: 2.8k2004: 2.8k2005: 2.8k2006: 2.8k2007: 2.8k2008: 2.9k2009: 2.9k2010: 3.0k2011: 3.0k2012: 3.0k2013: 3.0k2014: 3.0k2015: 3.0k2016: 3.1k2017: 3.1k2018: 3.0k2019: 3.0k2020: 3.0k2021: 3.0k2022: 3.0k2023: 3.0k2024: 3.0k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

In 2024, length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands stood at 3,043.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands peaked at 3,058 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,753, in 1992.

Netherlands ranks 25th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands, 1990 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1990 2,780 —
1991 2,780 +0.0%
1992 2,753 -1.0%
1993 2,811 +2.1%
1994 2,813 +0.1%
1995 2,813 +0.0%
1996 2,813 +0.0%
1997 2,805 -0.3%
1998 2,808 +0.1%
1999 2,808 +0.0%
2000 2,802 -0.2%
2001 2,809 +0.2%
2002 2,806 -0.1%
2003 2,811 +0.2%
2004 2,811 +0.0%
2005 2,810 -0.0%
2006 2,797 -0.5%
2007 2,801 +0.1%
2008 2,888 +3.1%
2009 2,896 +0.3%
2010 3,013 +4.0%
2011 3,013 +0.0%
2012 3,013 +0.0%
2013 3,013 +0.0%
2014 3,032 +0.6%
2015 3,031 -0.0%
2016 3,058 +0.9%
2017 3,055 -0.1%
2018 3,040 -0.5%
2019 3,040 +0.0%
2020 3,041 +0.0%
2021 3,041 +0.0%
2022 3,041 +0.0%
2023 3,041 +0.0%
2024 3,043 +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2,798 2,753 2,813 10
2000s 2,823 2,797 2,896 10
2010s 3,031 3,013 3,058 10
2020s 3,041 3,041 3,043 5

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 22 Belgium 3,615 compare
  2. 23 Serbia 3,357 compare
  3. 23 Serbia 3,357 compare
  4. 25 Netherlands 3,043 compare
  5. 27 Croatia 2,617 compare
  6. 27 Croatia 2,617 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands?
Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Netherlands was 3,043 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 3,058 in 2016.
What is the lowest length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 2,753 in 1992.
How does Netherlands rank for length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed?
Netherlands ranks 25th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
52 places, 1,678 data points, 1990–2024
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