Rail lines — all countries

Rail lines — Southern Europe

Rail lines in Southern Europe in 2009 — 47,589 km. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 3.2%.

2009 47,589 km +0.31% vs 2008
World rank
Period maximum 47,589 km2009
Period minimum 46,099 km2003

Trend over time

2003–2009 · km

Rail lines — Southern Europe, 2003–200946,00046,50047,00047,50048,00020032004200520062007200820092003: 46,099 km2004: 46,138 km2005: 46,571 km2006: 46,601 km2007: 47,215 km2008: 47,444 km2009: 47,589 km
Change over the period: +1,490 (+3.23%) Average annual rate: 0.53 %
Rail lines — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year km Change Change, %
2009 47,589 +145 +0.31%
2008 47,444 +229 +0.49%
2007 47,215 +614 +1.32%
2006 46,601 +30 +0.06%
2005 46,571 +434 +0.94%
2004 46,138 +39 +0.08%
2003 46,099

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.