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

Contents 1 Passenger rail 1.1 Passenger-km of rail transport per year 1.2 Passengers carried in rail transport per year 1.3 Modal share 1.4 Passenger km per head of population 2 Freight rail 2.1 Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers 2.2 Freight rail by million-ton 2.3 Freight Modal share(in all kinds of transport) 2.4 Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita 2.5 A brief table 3 See also 4 Source 5 References

[edit] Passenger rail

[edit] Passenger-km of rail transport per year

Countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km

Country	Billion passenger-km	Year
People's Republic of China	772.8[1]	2008
India (see:Indian Railways)	696[2]	2007
Japan	254	2007
Russia	173	2007
France	78.46	2006
Germany	74.73	2006
Ukraine	53.23	2006
United Kingdom	50.7[3]	2008
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
Switzerland	16.14	2008
Netherlands	15.41	2006
Kazakhstan	13.61	2006
Iran	12.58	2006
Belarus	9.97	2006
Belgium	9.61	2006
Republic of China (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

Regions with more than 5 billion passenger-km

Region	Billion passenger-km	Year
World	1,900	2000[4]
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
Japan	8.78	2006
India	5.38	2005
Germany	1.85	2006
People's Republic of China	1.456 [5]	2008
Russia	1.32	2006
United Kingdom	1.27[3]	2008
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[6]
Bulgaria	5.4	2006[6]
Czech Republic	6.9	2006[6]
Denmark	9.0	2006[6]
Germany	7.7	2006[6]
Estonia	1.7	2006[6]
Ireland	5.1	2006[6]
Greece	1.6	2006[6]
Spain	5.3	2006[6]
France	9.2	2006[6]
Italy	5.5	2006[6]
Latvia	5.1	2006[6]
Lithuania	1.0	2006[6]
Luxembourg	3.9	2006[6]
Hungary	12.6	2006[6]
Netherlands	8.3	2006[6]
Austria	9.8	2006[6]
Poland	6.7	2006[6]
Portugal	4.4	2006[6]
Romania	9.3	2006[6]
Slovenia	3.2	2006[6]
Slovakia	5.9	2006[6]
Finland	4.9	2006[6]
Sweden	8.2	2006[6]
United Kingdom	5.9	2006[6]
Croatia	4.4	2006[6]
Macedonia	1.7	2006[6]
Turkey	2.5	2006[6]
Norway	4.5	2006[6]
Switzerland	15.3	2006[6]
United States	0.3	2004[6]
Japan	27	2000[7]

[edit] Passenger km per head of population

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

Country	Kilometres/year
Switzerland	2,422
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
People's Republic of 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

Countries with more than 10 billion tonne-km

Country	Billion tonne-kilometres	Year
United States	2,820	2007
People's Republic of China	2511.18 [8]	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
People's Republic of China	3,290 [9]	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[6]
US	42	2006[6]
Sweden	30	2006[6]
People's Republic of China	58	2006[6]
Japan	20	2000[7]

[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
People's Republic of China	1,850
Switzerland	1,670
Germany	1,060
European Union	782

[edit] A brief table

An important stage to use the brief traffic data according to UIC in 2007 and (List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita).

Rank	Country	area	pop	Av GDP	Rail co	Net km	Dbl km	El km	HSR km	Loco. No.	pkm	tkm	HS. PKm	train weight	Pass. %	Frt. %	Pass/ pop %	P. fare	F. tariff	Elec %	income %
17	Russia	17098	142	16	RZD	84	36	42	0.6		173	2090		2528	42	67	9.1	4	2	80	107
2	Germany	357	82	35	DB	34	18	20	1.2		74	91	22	410	10	17	22.4	11	3	60	109
3	France	552	82	34	SNCF	29	16	14	1.8		81	40	48	496			16.8	12	4		105
4	Japan	380	127	34	JR	20	8	12	2.5		253	23	79	368	29		69.6			100	124
5	South Korea	100	48	28	KNR	3	1	2	0.32		32	11	10	472			20.4			20	106
6	UK	0.24	61	37	NR	16		5	0.3		48	21
7	Taiwan	0.36	23	31	TRA	1	0.67	0.69	0.33		9	1									77
8	Spain	0.51	45	31	Renfe	15	5	9	1.27		21	11	4								105
9	Italy	0.3	59	31	FS	16	7	12	0.82		45	21	9								96
10	Turkey	0.78	74	13	TCDD	9	04	1.9	0.25		6	10		572						24	69
11	Switzerland	0.04	8	43	SBB	4	2	3			15	13		442			40.9				103
12	Iran	1.6	71	11	RAI	7	1	0.15	0.25		13	21		1088	4	7		0.4	2	1	62
13	USA	9.6	302	47	AMTK	227						2820		5254		42		34	2	1	128
14	Egypt	1	73	6	ENR	5	1.5	0.07			41	4					6.1				80
15	India	3287	1132	3	IR	63	17.4	17.8			696	481		1614			5.5	2	8
16	China	9561	1318	6	CR	64	25.8	24.0			690	2211		2300			0.98	4	2	49
1	World	150	6400	10	UN	900	250	240	9		2468	9486	178	1677	10	20				50
18	Poland	313	38	17	PKP	19	9	12
19	South Africa	1221	48	10	SAR	24	2	8		3421	14	109		2700			11
20	Kazakhstan	2725	16	11	KTZ	14	5	4		1727	14	191
21	Brazil	8547	189	10		29		0.5		2394		232
22	Pakistan	796	169	3	PR	7		0.3		544	26	6
23	Austria			40	OBB
24	Morocco	447	32	4	ONCFM	2	0.6	1			4	6		915			0.8			89
25	?				UN

[edit] See also

• List of countries by rail transport network size
• Rail transport
• Transportation by country

[edit] Source

• Statistical synopsis at the International Union of Railways

[edit] References

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