United Kingdom Rail Stats
Definitions
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Electrified railway length:
Electrified length (km).
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Electrified railway length per million people:
Electrified length (km).
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
. Figures expressed per million people for the same year. - High speed railway length: High speed dedicated lines (speed of 200 km/h or over) currently in operation.
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Historical peak railway length:
Historic peak length (km).
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Historical peak railway length per million people:
Historic peak length (km).
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
. Figures expressed per million people for the same year. - Passenger-km of rail transport per year: Billion passenger-km.
- Passengers: Million passengers.
- Railway length: Railway length in kilometers.
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Railway length per million people:
Railway length (km).
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by rail transport network size (Long List); Wikipedia: List of countries by rail transport network size (Long List). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: High-speed rail by country (Overview); Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country (Passenger-km of rail transport per year) (UIC Synopsis 2011 UIC database); Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country (Passengers carried in rail transport per year)
