Longest railway lines

Longest railway lines ranked by length.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-10-12, Mährisch-Schlesische Städtebahn tops the list with 179,286 km.

  1. #1 Mährisch-Schlesische Städtebahn — 179,286 km

    railway line in Austria-Hungary between Kojetín and Bielsko

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  2. #2 Bamberg–Rottendorf railway — 92,153 km

    railway line in Upper and Lower Franconia, Germany

    The Bamberg–Rottendorf railway is a two-track electrified main line railway in the German state of Bavaria. It is about 100 kilometres long and was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as part of the Ludwig's Western Railway from Bamberg via Haßfurt and Schweinfurt to Würzburg. Between Bamberg and Schweinfurt, the line runs largely along the Main river. The line was opened in sections between 1852 and 1854 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  3. #3 Fichtelberg railway — 17,349 km

    narrow track gauge railway in Saxony, Germany

    The Fichtelberg railway is a 750 mm narrow-gauge railway that leads from the standard-gauge international line at Cranzahl to the ski resort of Oberwiesenthal in the Ore Mountains in eastern Germany. It takes its name from the Fichtelberg Mountain near Oberwiesenthal. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  4. #4 Bamberg–Hof Hbf railway — 12,765 km

    railway line in Upper Franconia, Germany

    The Bamberg–Hof railway is a 127 km (79 mi)-long main line that runs through Bavaria in southern Germany. The line runs from Bamberg via Lichtenfels, Kulmbach, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg and Münchberg to Hof. The section from Hof to Neuenmarkt now forms part of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 Trans-Siberian railway — 9,288 km

    railway line between Moscow, the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan

    The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers, it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the east. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  6. #6 Trans-Amazonian Railway — 5,600 km

    planned railway line in Brazil and Peru

    The Trans-Amazonian Railway is a proposed transcontinental railway through the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. The project was conceived in 2013 and announced in 2015 by Chinese and Bolivian leaders as part of a larger plan to create a Chinese-funded transportation network to support Bolivian imports and exports. The 1,435 mm standard gauge transcontinental railroad megaproject proposed to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by cutting through the Amazon rainforest. It was... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  7. #7 Mainpuri–Etawah line — 5,516 km

    Railway line in Northern India

    The Mainpuri–Etawah line is a railway line in northern India. It connects Mainpuri to Etawah Junction via Saifai. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  8. #8 Gorky Railway — 5,296 km

    transport company

    The Gorky Railway is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  9. #9 Baikal-Amur Mainline — 3,819 km

    railway line in Russia

    The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a 1,520 mm broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km (2,687 mi)-long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km north of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  10. #10 South Siberia Railway — 3,026 km

    railway line in Kazakhstan and Russia

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