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United Kingdom: Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed

16,189Kilometre · 2024-0.1% since 2014

Eurostat table rail_if_line_sp. Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed (Kilometre). Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (Kilometre)Note
202416,189
202316,433
202216,430
202116,457
202016,519
201916,480
201816,289
201716,320
201616,253
201516,241
201416,202
201316,195
201216,195
201116,210
201016,223
200916,126
200816,160
200715,814
200615,795
200515,810
200416,458
200316,950
200217,020
200116,986
200017,008
199916,984
199816,994
199716,991
199617,001
199516,999
199416,873
199316,854
199216,843
199116,909
199016,924

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Eurostat (2026). Length of railway lines by maximum permitted speed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rail-if-line-sp-total-km (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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