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Rail usage statistics by country

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[edit] Passenger rail

[edit] Passenger-km of rail transport by country, in billion/year:

Source: http://www.worldbank.org/transport/rail/rdb.htm

[edit] Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year:

Japan         1900
Switzerland   1730
Belarus       1260
France        1060
Ukraine       1010
Denmark       1000
Austria       1000
Russia         990
Egypt          880
Netherlands    860
Germany        890
Sweden         770
Belgium        700
Italy          710
Czech Republic 700
Hungary        700
Poland         670
South Korea    630
Finland        570
Norway         560
Romania        540
Kazakhstan     500
United Kingdom 490
Spain          420
Portugal       400
India          370
China          310
Argentina      280
South Africa   200
Thailand       150
USA            140
Pakistan       120
Iran            90
Myanmar         90
Turkey          90
Indonesia       70
Bangladesh      30
Estonia         15

These figures reflect not only the "popularity" of rail travel (for example Japan) but also the geography of the country. For example the United Kingdom is a relatively small densely populated island where many more relatively short journeys are made compared (for example) with the United States. To gauge to 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 (for example) per inhabitant is so small as to be almost immeasurable (http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4571&sequence=4)at around 0.08 journeys per inhabitant per year, compared with the United Kingdom's figure of 17.54 journeys per person (which means Britons use the train 219 times more than Americans. Also some countries include certain suburban rapid transport system figures in their total rail usage (for example Germany), whilst others (such as the United Kingdom) do not. See link below.

[edit] Freight rail

[edit] Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers

Country billion tonne-kilometres
United States 2427,2
China 1934,6
Russian Federation 1664,3
India 381,2
Canada 338,6
EU 336,7
Ukraine 223,9
Kazakhstan 163,4
South Africa 108,5
Germany 83,1
Australia 46,1
Poland 43,8
Belarus 43,5
France 40,7
Mexico 23,7
Japan 23,0
United Kingdom 21,8
Italy 20,1
Sweden 20,1
Iran 18,7
Uzbekistan 18,4
Austria 18,0
Latavia 17,9
Czech Republic 14,3
Romania 12,9
Lithuania 12,5
Switzerland 11,5
Spain 10,8
Estonia 10,3
South Korea 10,3
Finland 9,7
Slovak Republic 9,3
Turkey 9,0
Hungary 8,5
Belgium 8,1
Azerbaidjan 7,7
Mongolia 6,4
Turkmenistan 6,4
Georgia 6,1
Morocco 5,5
Bulgaria 5,1
Pakistan 5
Source:[1]

[edit] Freight rail by tonne-kilometer per capita

United States        7312
Russian Federation   6948
China                 991
EU                    641

[edit] See also

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