GLOBAL RAIL NETWORKS ada , the 65,000km e most congested ith nearly 19,000 tre of track . country ’ s lines ble 921 million num , covering ell as venturing sh and Nepal .

China ’ s rail network , with a route length of about 100,000km , ranks as the third biggest rail network in the world . The extensive network , operated by state-owned China Railway Corporation , carried 2.08 billion passengers ( the second highest after Indian Railways ) and 3.22 billion tonnes of freight ( the second highest after the US railway network ) in 2013 . The huge amounts of investment to increase the network in China over recent years was a consequence of a need to increase freight capacity in the country .

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