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Which Country Has the Most Rail Lines?

Rail Lines (km) (km), 2019 or latest

Transport | July 1, 2021

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Based on a comparison of 77 countries in 2019, USA ranked the highest in rail lines with 150,462 km followed by Russia and India. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 249 km, United Arab Emirates with 261 km and Luxembourg with 288 km.

Data for more countries are available at Rail Lines (km) indicator page.

Rail Lines (km)	Unit	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Argentina	km	...	...	...	...	...	...									18,097	18,097	28,527	17,609	17,609		...
Canada	km	...														255	58,651	57,264	48,498	48,150		...
China	km															66,585	66,989	67,212	83,717	67,278
France	km															29,979	58.0	28,866	29,237	29,248		...
Germany	km															33,449	33,426	33,332	33,380	33,488
India	km															65,436	65,808	66,030	66,687	67,368
Italy	km															16,752	16,723	16,724	16,788	16,787
Japan	km															19,436	16,703	16,704	15,108	19,249		...
Kazakhstan	km															14,767	14,767	14,767	15,529	16,040		...
Poland	km															18,959	18,942	18,510	18,429	18,513
Russia	km															85,266	85,266	85,262	85,375	85,545
South Africa	km															20,500	20,500	20,953	20,953	20,953	...	...
USA	km															154,322	152,933	151,735	151,270	150,966		...
Ukraine	km															21,626	21,626	20,975	21,603	21,626		...
United Kingdom	km															15,861	16,532	16,245	16,257	16,294		...