List of countries by rail usage
Passengers carried in rail transport per year

List of countries by rail usage

Section Title: Passengers carried in rail transport per year
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Rank	Country	Million passengers	Data year	Notes

1	Japan Japan	9,090	2015

2	India India	8,116	2017

3	Germany Germany	2,007	2015

4	United Kingdom United Kingdom	1,731	2016	The London Underground ("The Tube") had an additional 1.34 billion passengers in 2015-16

5	China China	1,544	2015	Beijing Metro alone had 3.41 billion passengers in 2014.

6	France France	1,123	2015

7	Russia	1,020	2015	Moscow Metro alone had 2.45 billion passengers in 2014

8	Italy Italy	622	2015

9	Spain	571	2015

10	United States	527.78	2017	Amtrak had 30.8 million passengers in 2017. Among regional systems that report to the American Public Transportation Association, there were 496.08 million commuter rail riders in 2017.

11	Switzerland	488	2015

12	Ukraine	399	2014

13	Netherlands	320	2015

14	Poland	280	2015	Passengers carried by all rail passenger transport companies in Poland.

15	Taiwan	277	2015

16	Austria	248	2015

17	Belgium	232	2015

18	Indonesia	198	2008

19	Denmark	192	2015

20	Czech Republic	179	2016

21	South Korea	134	2015

22	Hungary	132	2015

23	Portugal	112	2015

24	Belarus	92	2014

25	Turkey	78	2014

26	Israel	64.6	2017	Heavy rail only. The Jerusalem Light Rail had an additional 42.5 million passengers in 2017.

27	Romania	61	2015

28	Thailand	50	2017

29	Malaysia	40	2011

30	Croatia	22	2015

31	Luxembourg	20	2015

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China's railways are among the busiest in the world.

final_sentence: China's railways are among the busiest in the world.