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Development of railway networks worldwide 2015-2020

Length of the world's railway network in 2015 and 2020 (in million route-kilometers)

The data describes the length of the world's railway network in 2015 and 2020. The rail network is expected to continue to expand; by 2020 it will cover some 1.38 million route-kilometers worldwide.

2015 1.3
2020 1.38