United Kingdom - Rail lines

Rail lines (total route-km)

The value for Rail lines (total route-km) in United Kingdom was 16,295 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,010 in 2002 and a minimum value of 15,847 in 2012.

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 17,001
1996 17,001
1997 16,991
1998 16,999
1999 16,989
2000 16,992
2001 16,992
2002 17,010
2003 16,907
2004 16,530
2007 16,263
2008 16,273
2009 16,239
2010 15,888
2011 16,210
2012 15,847
2013 15,861
2014 16,532
2015 16,245
2016 16,257
2017 16,294
2018 16,295

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation