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Railways El Salvador, in 36 editions.
The entry for El Salvador published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 24 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 24
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Railroads” (1990 to 1995) and “Railways” (1996 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Railroads”
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
Published as “Railroads”
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 542 km in use
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track track; 542 km in use
Published as “Railroads”
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 542 km in use some sections abandoned,
unusable, or operating at reduced capacity
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single (single track; note - some sections abandoned,
or operating at reduced capacity capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable,
unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned,
or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note-some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km (single track; note - some note-some sections abandoned, unusable,
or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note--some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km (single track; note-some note--some sections abandoned, unusable,
or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
- narrow gauge:
- 602 km 0.914-m gauge
total: 602 km (single track; note--some note - some sections abandoned, unusable,
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
- total:
- 562 km narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001)
total: 602 562 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)narrow gauge: 602 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001)
- total:
- 562 km
- narrow gauge:
- 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.)
total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of route which is operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001) maintenance (2001 est.)
- total:
- 283 km
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2002)
total: 562 283 km
narrow gauge: 562 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route is reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.) (2002)
- total:
- 283 km
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2003)
total: 283 km
narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 283 km
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2004)
total: 283 km
narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 283 km
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2005)
total: 283 km
narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2004) (2005)
- total:
- 562 km
- narrow gauge:
- 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007)
total: 283 562 km
narrow gauge: 283 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length railways not in operation since 2005 because of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2005) due to high costs (2007)
- total:
- 562 km
- narrow gauge:
- 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007)
total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007)
- total:
- 283 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 123
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008)
total: 562
283 km
country comparison to the world:
123
narrow gauge: 562
283 km 0.914-m gauge
note:
railways not in operation have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007) (2008)
- total:
- 283 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 122
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008)
total:
283 km
country comparison to the world:123 122
narrow gauge:
283 km 0.914-m gauge
note:
railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008)
- total:
- 283 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 121
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.600-m gauge
note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2010)
total:
283 km
country comparison to the world:122 121
narrow gauge:
283 km 0.914-m 0.600-m gauge
note:
railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 283 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 121
- narrow gauge:
- 283 km 0.600-m gauge
note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008)
total:
283 km
country comparison to the world:
121
narrow gauge:
283 km 0.600-m gauge
note:
railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2010) (2008)
- total:
- 12.5 km
- narrow gauge:
- 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 122
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 12.5 km
narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 122
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- total:
- 12.5 km
- narrow gauge:
- 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 135
total: 12.5 km
narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 122 135
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- total:
- 13 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
- 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
total: 12.5 13 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 135
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 12.5 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
- 12.5 km (2014) 0.914-mm gauge
total: 13 12.5 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014) 0.914-mm gauge
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Central Intelligence Agency. “El Salvador: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/el-salvador/railways.