Switzerland - Rail lines

Rail lines (total route-km)

The value for Rail lines (total route-km) in Switzerland was 3,236 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,051 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3,143 in 1999.

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 3,232
1996 3,234
1997 3,184
1998 3,151
1999 3,143
2000 3,216
2001 3,225
2002 3,222
2003 3,231
2004 3,381
2005 3,399
2006 3,563
2007 3,349
2008 3,557
2009 3,599
2010 3,574
2011 3,551
2012 3,558
2013 3,611
2014 4,019
2015 3,976
2016 4,034
2017 4,051
2018 4,047
2019 3,236

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation