China - 100,000km
Top 2 in Top 10 Longest Railway Networks
China's railway network is the second largest in the world. The operation of the railways, operated by the National Railway Corporation, handled more than 2.08 billion passengers and 3.22 billion tons of cargo. Railways are a popular means of transport in the country. China's railway network includes 90,000 km of regular rail and about 10,000 km of high-speed rail.
The rapid expansion of China's high-speed rail network in recent years makes it the largest railway network in the world by far. The Beijing-Guangzhou Expressway is 2,298 km long and is the longest high-speed railway in the world. The total length of China's high-speed rail network is expected to reach 50,000 km by 2020.
