Rail transport in Russia
| Russia | |||||
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| Operation | |||||
| Major operators | Russian Railways | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 570,80 million passenger trips (2023) | ||||
| Passenger km | 56 billion passenger-kilometers (2023) | ||||
| Freight | 619 million tons (2023) | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 122,000 km (75,800 mi) | ||||
| Electrified | 44,100 km (27,400 mi) | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Main | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) | ||||
| Features | |||||
| No. stations | 13,000 (2023) | ||||
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Rail transport in Russia runs on one of the largest railway networks in the world. By both volume of freight hauled, and passenger volume, they are second to only China. In total length, they are third largest, after China and the United States. Rail transport in Russia has been described as one of the economic wonders of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
JSC Russian Railways has a near-monopoly on long-distance train travel in Russia, with a 98.6% market share in 2017. Independent long-distance carriers include Grand Service Express TC, Tverskoy Express, TransClassService, Sakhalin Passenger Company, Kuzbass Suburb, and Yakutian Railway.