Statistics Explained

Glossary:Railway network

A railway network is the total of all railway lines in a given area.

Excluded are, however:

  • stretches of road or water even if rolling stock is conveyed over such routes, e.g. by wagon carrying trailers or ferries;
  • railway lines solely used for tourism;
  • railways constructed solely to serve mines, forests or other industrial or agricultural undertakings and which are not open to public traffic.

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