Over twenty-four years, the total length of all railways in the country changed from 139 to 122 thousand kilometers. Statistics distinguish between three categories of tracks: public, non-public, and their total sum. Information for the period from 2000 to 2023 allows tracking changes in the transport network at the end of each year. The unit of measurement is thousand kilometers; data is collected for the entire territory of Russia
Chart of the length of railway tracks in Russia from 2000 to 2023, thousand kilometers
The table is a snapshot — 18 series in thousand kilometers / thou. km shown across 6 breakdowns. 89 values in total.
The largest value belongs to “Railway tracks1) — Roads – total” — 1,750 thousand kilometers / thou. km; the smallest is “public use2); — Tramway tracks” at 2.5 thousand kilometers / thou. km. The gap between them is 700-fold.
Rows in the table divide tracks into public and non-public use, which helps assess the share of main lines in the overall network. By comparing these indicators, one can see the difference between state transport corridors and private industrial access tracks. Such detail by type of service provides an overview of the country's railway infrastructure structure at the end of each reporting year
What is visible in these numbers
The table is 82% filled: Rosstat does not publish every cell, and the gaps are left as they are rather than interpolated.
Data from the Rosstat yearbook covers the period from 2000 to 2023. The information is relevant for transport industry specialists, logistics experts, and infrastructure researchers. Data is presented in thousand kilometers and allows for the analysis of the state of transport routes at the end of each year in dynamics
1) Эксплуатационная длина. По железнодорожным путям общего пользования, включая протяженность участков железных дорог, находящихся за пределами Российской Федерации.
2) С 2006 г. – включая дороги местного значения.
3) С 2012 г. – включая протяженность улиц.
4) По данным Росавтодора.
5) 2000 г. – дороги субъектов Российской Федерации.
6) По данным Росморречфлота.
1) Operational length. For public railway communication routes, including the length of sections of railways located outside the Russian Federation.
2) Since 2006 – including local roads.
3) Since 2012 – including length of streets.
4) According to data of the Federal Road Transport Agency.
5) In 2000 – roads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
6) According to data of the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport.
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