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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Austria & Switzerland

Definitions

  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • Narrow gauge: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km per million: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Standard gauge: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
    Standard gauge=1.435-m gauge
  • Standard gauge per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
    Standard gauge=1.435-m gauge. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Standard gauge > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
    Standard gauge=1.435-m gauge Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
STAT Austria Switzerland HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 18,710
Ranked 19th. 15% more than Switzerland
16,227
Ranked 21st.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 10,275
Ranked 19th.
18,367
Ranked 12th. 79% more than Austria

Rail lines > Total route-km 5,066
Ranked 32nd. 43% more than Switzerland
3,543
Ranked 42nd.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 601.4
Ranked 16th. 34% more than Switzerland
447.78
Ranked 31st.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 16,899
Ranked 21st. 93% more than Switzerland
8,747
Ranked 31st.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 2.01
Ranked 15th. 81% more than Switzerland
1.11
Ranked 25th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 10,421
Ranked 21st.
18,021
Ranked 15th. 73% more than Austria

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 1,237.11
Ranked 5th.
2,277.56
Ranked 1st. 84% more than Austria

Standard gauge 5,927 km
Ranked 10th. 54% more than Switzerland
3,846 km
Ranked 13th.

Standard gauge per million 710.93 km
Ranked 5th. 60% more than Switzerland
444.19 km
Ranked 14th.

Total 6,399 km
Ranked 29th. 31% more than Switzerland
4,876 km
Ranked 37th.

Total > Per $ GDP 19.8 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 93th. 55% more than Switzerland
12.74 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 103th.

Total > Per capita 0.78 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. 21% more than Switzerland
0.645 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th.

Total per million 767.55 km
Ranked 13th. 20% more than Switzerland
639.15 km
Ranked 18th.

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 18.37 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 28th. 96% more than Switzerland
9.38 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 36th.

SOURCES: World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division. 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.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. 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.

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