Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Northern Europe

Rail lines in Northern Europe in 2008 — 45,040 km. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 5.2%.

2008 45,040 km +0.1% vs 2007
World rank
Period maximum 47,538 km1996
Period minimum 44,996 km2007

Trend over time

1995–2008 · km

Rail lines — Northern Europe, 1995–200844,00045,00046,00047,00048,000199519971999200120032005200720081995: 47,527 km1996: 47,538 km1997: 47,169 km1998: 47,351 km1999: 47,228 km2000: 46,893 km2001: 45,819 km2002: 46,081 km2003: 45,846 km2004: 45,385 km2007: 44,996 km2008: 45,040 km
Change over the period: −2,487 (−5.23%) Average annual rate: -0.41 %
Rail lines — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2008 45,040 +44 +0.1%
2007 44,996
2004 45,385 −461 −1.01%
2003 45,846 −235 −0.51%
2002 46,081 +262 +0.57%
2001 45,819 −1,074 −2.29%
2000 46,893 −335 −0.71%
1999 47,228 −123 −0.26%
1998 47,351 +182 +0.39%
1997 47,169 −369 −0.78%
1996 47,538 +11 +0.02%
1995 47,527

About the indicator

The length of rail lines available for traffic, regardless of the number of parallel tracks on a stretch. Multi-track sections are counted once, so the indicator reflects the configuration of the network rather than its capacity.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.