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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on European Union & Russia

Definitions

  • Broad 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
STAT European Union Russia HISTORY
Broad gauge 28,240 km None
Goods transported > Million ton-km 11,138.5
Ranked 28th.
2.4 million
Ranked 3rd. 215 times more than European Union

Narrow gauge 7,861 km None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 6,343
Ranked 26th.
175,800
Ranked 4th. 28 times more than European Union

Rail lines > Total route-km 236,241
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Russia
85,292
Ranked 3rd.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 465.25
Ranked 30th.
596.61
Ranked 18th. 28% more than European Union

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 8,707
Ranked 32nd.
2.13 million
Ranked 3rd. 244 times more than European Union

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.0171
Ranked 74th.
14.88
Ranked 1st. 868 times more than European Union

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 5,760
Ranked 31st.
139,842
Ranked 4th. 24 times more than European Union

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 11.34
Ranked 69th.
978.19
Ranked 11th. 86 times more than European Union

Total 229,450 km
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Russia
87,157 km
Ranked 2nd.

Total > Per capita 0.467 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th.
0.612 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 31% more than European Union

Total per million 455.62 km
Ranked 28th.
611.63 km
Ranked 24th. 34% more than European Union

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