Rail usage statistics by country

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This article gives rail usage statistics by country according to the International Union of Railways and other sources.

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[edit] Passenger rail

[edit] Passenger-km of rail transport per year

Countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km

Country Billion
passenger-km		 Year
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 772.8[1] 2008
Flag of India India (see:Indian Railways) 696[2] 2007
Flag of Japan Japan 254 2007
Flag of Russia Russia 173 2007
Flag of France France 78.46 2006
Flag of Germany Germany 74.73 2006
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 53.23 2006
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 46.76 2006
Flag of Italy Italy 46.44 2006
Flag of Egypt Egypt 40.84 2005
Flag of South Korea South Korea 31.42 2006
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 25.62 2006
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 25.54 2004
Flag of the United States United States 22.50 2006
Flag of Spain Spain 21.25 2006
Flag of Poland Poland 16.98 2006
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 16.14 2008
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 15.41 2006
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 13.61 2006
Flag of Iran Iran 12.58 2006
Flag of Belarus Belarus 9.97 2006
Flag of Belgium Belgium 9.61 2006
Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan 9.34 2006
Flag of Thailand Thailand 9.20 2004
Flag of Austria Austria 8.85 2006
Flag of Romania Romania 8.05 2006
Flag of Argentina Argentina 6.98 2003
Flag of Hungary Hungary 6.92 2006
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6.89 2006
Flag of Sweden Sweden 5.68 2006
Flag of Denmark Denmark 5.65 2006
Flag of Turkey Turkey 5.28 2005

Regions with more than 5 billion passenger-km

Region Billion
passenger-km		 Year
 World 1,900 2000[3]
Flag of Europe European Union 371.27 2006

Source: UIC database USA figure from Britannica 2007 (unless stated otherwise), includes commuter railroads and Amtrak.

[edit] Passengers carried in rail transport per year

Countries with more than 1 billion passengers

Country Billion passengers Year
Flag of JapanJapan 8.78 2006
Flag of IndiaIndia 5.38 2005
Flag of GermanyGermany 1.85 2006
Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaChina 1.456 [4] 2008
Flag of RussiaRussia 1.32 2006
Flag of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom 1.16 2006
Flag of FranceFrance 1.00 2006

Source: UIC database

[edit] Modal share

Modal share of railway transport (excluding metro) compared to other modes of transport.

Country modal
share
[%]		 year
 Belgium 6.9 2006</ref>[5]
 Bulgaria 5.4 2006[5]
 Czech Republic 6.9 2006[5]
 Denmark 9.0 2006[5]
 Germany 7.7 2006[5]
 Estonia 1.7 2006[5]
 Ireland 5.1 2006[5]
 Greece 1.6 2006[5]
 Spain 5.3 2006[5]
 France 9.2 2006[5]
 Italy 5.5 2006[5]
 Latvia 5.1 2006[5]
 Lithuania 1.0 2006[5]
 Luxembourg 3.9 2006[5]
 Hungary 12.6 2006[5]
 Netherlands 8.3 2006[5]
 Austria 9.8 2006[5]
 Poland 6.7 2006[5]
 Portugal 4.4 2006[5]
 Romania 9.3 2006[5]
 Slovenia 3.2 2006[5]
 Slovakia 5.9 2006[5]
 Finland 4.9 2006[5]
 Sweden 8.2 2006[5]
 United Kingdom 5.9 2006[5]
 Croatia 4.4 2006[5]
 Macedonia 1.7 2006[5]
 Turkey 2.5 2006[5]
 Norway 4.5 2006[5]
 Switzerland 15.3 2006[5]
 United States 0.3 2004[5]
 Japan 27 2000[6]

[edit] Passenger km per head of population

Only countries with five billion or more passenger km are included.

Country Kilometres/year
 Switzerland 2,120
 Japan 1,980
 Russia 1,220
 France 1,220
 Ukraine 1,150
 Austria 1,030
 Denmark 1,030
 Belarus 1,030
 Netherlands 940
 Germany 910
 Belgium 910
 Kazakhstan 880
 Italy 780
 United Kingdom 770
 Hungary 690
 Czech Republic 660
 South Korea 650
 Sweden 620
 India 610
 China 580
 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

These figures reflect not only the "popularity" of rail travel (for example, in Japan) but also the geography of the country. For instance, the United Kingdom is a relatively small, densely populated nation where many more short journeys are made compared to a larger, much less densely populated nation such as the United States. To gauge the true importance of rail travel, the number of journeys (however short or long) needs to be calculated. By this method one finds that number of intercity rail journeys per year in the United States per inhabitant is so small as to be almost immeasurable. The U.S. figure is approximately 0.08 journeys per inhabitant per year, compared with the United Kingdom's figure of 17.54 journeys per person. These statistics imply that Britons use the train 219 times more than Americans. This is misleading as the US figure is Amtrak only and does not include commuter journeys. If these are included US journeys are around 1.3 per person per year - and if subways are included for both countries the average American makes around 10 rail journeys per year, whilst the average Briton makes around 30. Also, some countries such as Germany include certain suburban rapid transport system figures in their total rail usage, while others such as the United Kingdom do not. See the listed source at the International Union of Railways.

[edit] Freight rail

[edit] Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers

Tonne-km of selected carriers in Europe, 2003

Countries with more than 10 billion tonne-km

Country Billion tonne-kilometres Year
 United States 2,820 2007
 China 2511.18 [7] 2008
 Russia 2,090 2007
 India 480.99 2007
 European Union 382.7 2006
 Canada 352.1 2005
 Ukraine 240.8 2006
 Brazil 232.3 2006
 Kazakhstan 191.19 2006
 South Africa 108.51 2005
 Germany 89.69 2006
 Mexico 54.39 2004
 Australia 46.04 2006
 Belarus 45.72 2006
 Poland 42.65 2006
 France 42.12 2006
 Japan 23.01 2006
 United Kingdom 22.2 2006
 Italy 21.9 2006
 Iran 20.5 2006
 Austria 19.5 2006
 Uzbekistan 18.01 2004
 Czech Republic 16.3 2006
 Latvia 15.3 2006
 Romania 14.7 2006
 Lithuania 12.9 2006
 Argentina 12.6 2006
 Switzerland 12.5 2008
 Sweden 11.5 2006
 Spain 11.1 2006
 South Korea 10.6 2006
 Estonia 10.2 2006

Source: UIC database Source: [2]

[edit] Freight rail by million-ton

Countries with more than 100 million tonnes

Country Million-ton Year
 China 3,290 [8] 2008
 United States 1,775 2006
 Russian Federation 1,402 2005
 India 727.75 2007
 Ukraine 479 2006
 Brazil 404 2006
 Canada 313 2005
 Germany 297 2006
 Australia 183 2006
 South Africa 181 2005
 Poland 151 2006
 Belarus 125 2005
 United Kingdom 110 2006
 France 108 2006

Source: UIC database

[edit] Freight Modal share(in all kinds of transport)

Country modal
share
[%]		 year
 Russia 65 2006</ref>[5]
 US 42 2006[5]
 Sweden 30 2006[5]
 China 58 2006[5]
 Japan 20 2000[6]

[edit] Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita

Country Tonne-kilometer per capita
 Russia 12,599
 Canada 10,517
 United States 9,165
 Australia 2,308
 China 1,850
 Switzerland 1,670
 Germany 1,060
 European Union 782

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

[edit] References

  1. ^ 去年全国铁路发送旅客14.56亿人次 增长10.6%
  2. ^ "India - Railway Data". World Bank. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/EXTSARREGTOPTRANSPORT/0,,contentMDK:20697261~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:579598,00.html. 
  3. ^ "EU Transport in Figures; Statistical Pocketbook" (PDF). European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Eurostat. 2000. http://www.uni-mannheim.de/edz/pdf/2000/transstat.pdf. 
  4. ^ 去年全国铁路发送旅客14.56亿人次 增长10.6%
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "EU Transport in Figures; Statistical Pocketbook". European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Eurostat. 2007. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/figures/pocketbook/. 
  6. ^ a b "Transportation by Railway" (PDF). JR East. http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/environment/pdf_2002/49.pdf. 
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ 去年全国铁路发送旅客14.56亿人次 增长10.6%
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