Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Türkiye

Türkiye: Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed was 11,417 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
11,417
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 51 countries
All-time high
11,417
in 2023
All-time low
8,429
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k1990200720241990: 8.4k1991: 8.4k1992: 8.4k1993: 8.4k1994: 8.5k1995: 8.5k1996: 8.6k1997: 8.6k1998: 8.6k1999: 8.7k2000: 8.7k2001: 8.7k2002: 8.7k2003: 8.7k2004: 8.7k2005: 8.7k2006: 8.7k2007: 8.7k2008: 8.7k2009: 9.1k2010: 9.6k2011: 9.6k2012: 9.6k2013: 9.7k2014: 10.1k2015: 10.1k2016: 10.1k2017: 10.2k2018: 10.3k2019: 10.4k2020: 10.4k2021: 10.5k2022: 10.7k2023: 11.4k2024: 11.4k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

Türkiye recorded 11,417 for length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is up 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Türkiye peaked at 11,417 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,429, in 1990.

Türkiye ranks 10th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Türkiye, 1990 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1990 8,429 —
1991 8,429 +0.0%
1992 8,430 +0.0%
1993 8,430 +0.0%
1994 8,452 +0.3%
1995 8,549 +1.1%
1996 8,607 +0.7%
1997 8,607 +0.0%
1998 8,607 +0.0%
1999 8,682 +0.9%
2000 8,671 -0.1%
2001 8,671 +0.0%
2002 8,671 +0.0%
2003 8,697 +0.3%
2004 8,697 +0.0%
2005 8,697 +0.0%
2006 8,697 +0.0%
2007 8,697 +0.0%
2008 8,699 +0.0%
2009 9,080 +4.4%
2010 9,594 +5.7%
2011 9,642 +0.5%
2012 9,642 +0.0%
2013 9,718 +0.8%
2014 10,087 +3.8%
2015 10,131 +0.4%
2016 10,131 +0.0%
2017 10,207 +0.8%
2018 10,315 +1.1%
2019 10,378 +0.6%
2020 10,378 +0.0%
2021 10,546 +1.6%
2022 10,651 +1.0%
2023 11,417 +7.2%
2024 11,417 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8,522 8,429 8,682 10
2000s 8,728 8,671 9,080 10
2010s 9,984 9,594 10,378 10
2020s 10,882 10,378 11,417 5

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 7 Spain 16,257 compare
  2. 8 United Kingdom 16,189 compare
  3. 8 United Kingdom 16,189 compare
  4. 11 Sweden 10,902 compare
  5. 12 Romania 10,611 compare
  6. 13 Czechia 9,514 compare

See the full ranking of 52 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Türkiye?
Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed in Türkiye was 11,417 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 11,417 in 2023.
What is the lowest length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 8,429 in 1990.
How does Türkiye rank for length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed?
Türkiye ranks 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
Is length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye 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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