The year before the First World War broke out, the region of Western Europe had the longest network of railway lines per capita, at approximately 90 kilometers per thousand people. In comparison, Russia had less than half of this, at just 42 kilometers per thousand people.
Length of railroad per thousand people in regions of Europe in 1913
(in 1,000 kilometers)
The source does not specify the countries in each region.
*In Europe in 1913 Russia also included Finland, the Baltics, Belarus, Ukraine, some of Poland, the Caucasus, and Moldova.
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Cambridge University Press. (December 31, 2006). Length of railroad per thousand people in regions of Europe in 1913 (in 1,000 kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238970/railroad-length-per-thousand-people-europe-regions-1913/
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