Australia - Rail lines

Rail lines (total route-km)

The value for Rail lines (total route-km) in Australia was 8,829 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,674 in 2009 and a minimum value of 8,615 in 2010.

Definition: Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.

Source: Internation Union of Railways (UIC)

See also:

Year Value
1995 9,452
1996 9,442
1997 9,458
1998 9,496
1999 9,501
2000 9,499
2001 9,508
2002 9,514
2003 9,474
2004 9,526
2005 9,528
2006 9,639
2007 9,655
2008 9,661
2009 9,674
2010 8,615
2011 8,829

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation