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 |
---|---|---|
World | 1,900 | 2000[1] |
China | 721.63[2] | 2007 |
India | 695 | 2007 |
European Union | 371.27 | 2006 |
Japan | 254 | 2007 |
Russia | 173 | 2007 |
France | 78.46 | 2006 |
Germany | 74.73 | 2006 |
Ukraine | 53.23 | 2006 |
United Kingdom | 46.76 | 2006 |
Italy | 46.44 | 2006 |
Egypt | 40.84 | 2005 |
South Korea | 31.42 | 2006 |
Pakistan | 25.62 | 2006 |
Indonesia | 25.54 | 2004 |
United States | 22.50 | 2006 |
Spain | 21.25 | 2006 |
Poland | 16.98 | 2006 |
Netherlands | 15.41 | 2006 |
Switzerland | 14.86 | 2006 |
Kazakhstan | 13.61 | 2006 |
Iran | 12.58 | 2006 |
Belarus | 9.97 | 2006 |
Belgium | 9.61 | 2006 |
Taiwan | 9.34 | 2006 |
Thailand | 9.20 | 2004 |
Austria | 8.85 | 2006 |
Romania | 8.05 | 2006 |
Argentina | 6.98 | 2003 |
Hungary | 6.92 | 2006 |
Czech Republic | 6.89 | 2006 |
Sweden | 5.68 | 2006 |
Denmark | 5.65 | 2006 |
Turkey | 5.28 | 2005 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Japan | 8.78 | 2006 |
India | 5.38 | 2005 |
Germany | 1.85 | 2006 |
China | 1.36 | 2007 |
Russia | 1.32 | 2006 |
United Kingdom | 1.16 | 2006 |
France | 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[3] |
Bulgaria | 5.4 | 2006[3] |
Czech Republic | 6.9 | 2006[3] |
Denmark | 9.0 | 2006[3] |
Germany | 7.7 | 2006[3] |
Estonia | 1.7 | 2006[3] |
Ireland | 5.1 | 2006[3] |
Greece | 1.6 | 2006[3] |
Spain | 5.3 | 2006[3] |
France | 9.2 | 2006[3] |
Italy | 5.5 | 2006[3] |
Latvia | 5.1 | 2006[3] |
Lithuania | 1.0 | 2006[3] |
Luxembourg | 3.9 | 2006[3] |
Hungary | 12.6 | 2006[3] |
Netherlands | 8.3 | 2006[3] |
Austria | 9.8 | 2006[3] |
Poland | 6.7 | 2006[3] |
Portugal | 4.4 | 2006[3] |
Romania | 9.3 | 2006[3] |
Slovenia | 3.2 | 2006[3] |
Slovakia | 5.9 | 2006[3] |
Finland | 4.9 | 2006[3] |
Sweden | 8.2 | 2006[3] |
United Kingdom | 5.9 | 2006[3] |
Croatia | 4.4 | 2006[3] |
Macedonia | 1.7 | 2006[3] |
Turkey | 2.5 | 2006[3] |
Norway | 4.5 | 2006[3] |
Switzerland | 15.3 | 2006[3] |
United States | 0.3 | 2004[3] |
Japan | 27 | 2000[4] |
[edit] Passenger km per head of population
Only countries with 5 billion or more passenger km are included.
Country | Kilometres/year |
---|---|
Japan | 1980 |
Switzerland | 1950 |
Russia | 1220 |
France | 1220 |
Ukraine | 1150 |
Austria | 1030 |
Denmark | 1030 |
Belarus | 1030 |
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 | 550 |
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
Countries with more than 10 billion tonne-km
Country | Billion tonne-kilometres | Year |
---|---|---|
United States | 2820 | 2007 |
China | 2379.7[2] | 2007 |
Russia | 2090 | 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 | 12.3 | 2006 |
Sweden | 11.5 | 2006 |
Spain | 11.1 | 2006 |
South Korea | 10.6 | 2006 |
Estonia | 10.2 | 2006 |
Source: UIC database Source: [1]
[edit] Freight rail by million-ton
Countries with more than 100 million tonnes
Country | Million-ton | Year |
---|---|---|
China | 3140 | 2007 |
United States | 1775 | 2006 |
Russian Federation | 1402 | 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 rail by tonne-kilometer per capita
Country | Tonne-kilometer per capita |
---|---|
Russia | 12599 |
Canada | 10517 |
United States | 9165 |
Australia | 2308 |
China | 1803 |
Germany | 1060 |
European Union | 782 |
[edit] See also
[edit] Source
[edit] References
- ^ a b "EU Transport in Figures; Statistical Pocketbook". European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Eurostat (2000).
- ^ a b 2007年
- ^ 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 "EU Transport in Figures; Statistical Pocketbook". European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Eurostat (2007).
- ^ a b "Transportation by Railway". JR East.