Length of railway lines by number of tracks and electrification of lines by country

Countries reporting
49
Highest
38,783 Kilometre
Germany
Lowest
9 Kilometre
Liechtenstein
Median
3,043 Kilometre
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
1,737

What the numbers show

Length of railway lines by number of tracks and electrification of lines is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 38,783 Kilometre in Germany; the lowest is 9 Kilometre in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,043 Kilometre, and the mean is 6,498 Kilometre.

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

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 13.2%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 30.9%).

Length of railway lines by number of tracks and electrification of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 38,783 Kilometre 2021 up 0.2% falling
2 France 27,564 Kilometre 2024 down 7.3% falling
3 Ukraine 19,760 Kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
4 Poland 19,625 Kilometre 2024 up 2.0% falling
4 Poland 19,625 Kilometre 2024 up 2.0% falling
6 Italy 16,879 Kilometre 2024 up 0.9% rising
7 Spain 16,257 Kilometre 2024 up 7.1% rising
8 United Kingdom 16,189 Kilometre 2024 down 0.1% falling
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16,189 Kilometre 2024 down 0.1% falling
10 Türkiye 11,417 Kilometre 2024 up 13.2% rising
11 Sweden 10,902 Kilometre 2024 up 0.2% flat
12 Romania 10,611 Kilometre 2024 down 1.5% falling
13 Czechia 9,514 Kilometre 2024 down 0.5% flat
14 Hungary 7,437 Kilometre 2024 up 3.2% falling
15 Finland 5,915 Kilometre 2024 down 0.5% flat
16 Austria 5,624 Kilometre 2024 up 1.7% flat
17 Switzerland 5,307 Kilometre 2024 up 2.3% rising
18 Bulgaria 4,025 Kilometre 2024 up 0.0% falling
19 Norway 3,962 Kilometre 2024 up 1.4% falling
20 Slovakia 3,629 Kilometre 2024 up 0.1% flat
20 Slovakia 3,629 Kilometre 2024 up 0.1% flat
22 Belgium 3,615 Kilometre 2024 down 0.4% falling
23 Serbia 3,357 Kilometre 2024 down 12.1% falling
24 Netherlands 3,043 Kilometre 2024 up 0.4% falling
24 Netherlands 3,043 Kilometre 2024 up 0.4% falling
26 Croatia 2,617 Kilometre 2024 up 0.5% flat
26 Croatia 2,617 Kilometre 2024 up 0.5% flat
28 Portugal 2,526 Kilometre 2024 down 0.8% falling
29 Denmark 2,448 Kilometre 2024 down 6.3% falling
30 Ireland 2,045 Kilometre 2024 unchanged flat
31 Lithuania 1,924 Kilometre 2024 up 8.9% falling
31 Lithuania 1,924 Kilometre 2024 up 8.9% falling
33 Latvia 1,831 Kilometre 2024 down 1.6% falling
33 Latvia 1,831 Kilometre 2024 down 1.6% falling
35 Greece 1,818 Kilometre 2024 down 18.8% falling
36 Slovenia 1,208 Kilometre 2024 down 0.1% flat
36 Slovenia 1,208 Kilometre 2024 down 0.1% flat
38 Estonia 1,171 Kilometre 2024 up 0.4% rising
38 Estonia 1,171 Kilometre 2024 up 0.4% rising
40 Republic of Moldova 1,151 Kilometre 2024 down 0.4% falling
40 Moldova 1,151 Kilometre 2024 down 0.4% falling
42 Georgia 1,114 Kilometre 2024 down 30.9% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,025 Kilometre 2024 down 0.2% flat
44 North Macedonia 683 Kilometre 2024 down 2.3% flat
45 Luxembourg 271 Kilometre 2024 down 1.5% falling
46 Albania 252.95 Kilometre 2024 down 26.9% falling
47 Montenegro 250.5 Kilometre 2024 up 0.6% flat
48 Kosovo* 246.35 Kilometre 2022 unchanged flat
49 Liechtenstein 9 Kilometre 2024 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Length of railway lines by number of tracks and electrification of lines
Unit
Kilometre
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
50 places, 1,737 data points, 1962–2024
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