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Railway network · Latest available · 2021–2024Length of railway line in use, each line counted once whatever its number of tracks. Countries with a figure: 25 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not 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EU countriesRailway networkLatest available · 2021–2024 · kmSweden: 10,902 · 2024Spain: 16,257 · 2024Slovakia: 3,629 · 2024Slovenia: 1,208 · 2024Romania: 10,611 · 2024Portugal: 2,526 · 2024Poland: 19,625 · 2024the Netherlands: 3,043 · 2024Malta: No dataLuxembourg: 271 · 2024Lithuania: 1,924 · 2024Latvia: 1,831 · 2024Italy: 16,879 · 2024Ireland: 2,045 · 2024Hungary: 7,437 · 2024Greece: 1,818 · 2024Germany: 38,783 · 2021France: 27,564 · 2024Finland: 5,915 · 2024Estonia: 1,171 · 2024Denmark: 2,448 · 2024Czechia: 9,514 · 2024Cyprus: No dataCroatia: 2,617 · 2024Bulgaria: 4,025 · 2024Belgium: 3,615 · 2024Austria: 5,624 · 20242717,973.415,675.823,378.231,080.638,783No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 25 of 27.Length of railway line in use, each line counted once whatever its number of tracks.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Railway network · Latest available · 2021–2024Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
271 – 7,973.4
> 7,973.4 – 15,675.8
> 15,675.8 – 23,378.2
> 23,378.2 – 31,080.6
> 31,080.6 – 38,783
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Length of railway line in use, each line counted once whatever its number of tracks.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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