Railways in Europe · 2014–2022

What country in Europe has the most railways?

Russia has the most railways in Europe, with 85,494 km of railway lines.

Ranking by km
#CountryShare of #1kmYear
1 Russia 85,494 2019
2 Germany 39,379 2020
3 France 27,860 2020
4 Ukraine 21,733 2014
5 Poland 19,461 2020
6 Italy 18,475 2020
7 United Kingdom 16,390 2020
8 Spain 15,489 2020
9 Sweden 10,910 2020
10 Romania 10,628 2020
11 Czechia 9,548 2020
12 Hungary 7,687 2020
13 Austria 6,123 2022
14 Finland 5,918 2020
15 Belarus 5,528 2014
16 Switzerland 5,296 2020
17 Bulgaria 4,029 2020
18 Norway 3,848 2020
19 Slovakia 3,627 2020
20 Belgium 3,602 2020
21 Serbia 3,333 2020
22 The Netherlands 3,055 2020
23 Denmark 2,682 2020
24 Croatia 2,617 2020
25 Portugal 2,526 2020
26 Greece 2,345 2020
27 Latvia 2,216 2020
28 Lithuania 1,911 2020
29 Ireland 1,688 2020
30 Estonia 1,441 2020
31 Slovenia 1,207 2020
32 Moldova 1,171 2014
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 965 2014
34 North Macedonia 699 2020
35 Kosovo 437 2020
36 Albania 424 2017
37 Luxembourg 271 2020
38 Montenegro 250 2017
39 Liechtenstein 9 2018

Key facts

Runners-up

Germany is 2nd and France 3rd in Europe.

Lead

Russia has 2.2× the figure of Germany.

Share of the total

Russia alone accounts for 24.4% of all 39 ranked countries in Europe.

Top 10

The ten largest together account for 75.9%.

Questions

What country in Europe has the most railways?

Russia has the most railways in Europe, with 85,494 km of railway lines.

What country in Europe has the second most railways?

Germany ranks second in Europe, with 39,379 km.

How many countries are in this ranking?

39 countries in Europe with data from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2014–2022). Territories are not ranked.

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