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Railways Ethiopia, in 35 editions.
The entry for Ethiopia published Railways in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 23 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 23
- 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 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Railroads”
- 988 km total;
- 681 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational)
988 km total; 681 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational)
Published as “Railroads”
- 988 km total;
- 681 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational)
988 km total; 681 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge
(nonoperational)
Published as “Railroads”
- 781 km total;
- 781 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 307 km 0.950-meter gauge linking Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Djibouti;
- control of railroad is shared between Djibouti and Ethiopia
988 781 km total; 681 781 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge linking(nonoperational) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Djibouti; control of railroad is shared between
Djibouti and Ethiopia
The entry for Ethiopia did not include Railways.
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
781 km total; 781 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 total: 681 km 0.950-meter gauge linking (Ethiopian segment of
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Djibouti; controlrailroad is shared between the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)Djibouti and Ethiopia narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to
revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to
revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans tocapitals capitals; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals;
- since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals and since then Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines; in 2001, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to build a line from Ethiopia to Port Sudan (2000 est.)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals; capitals and since May 1998 then Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines lines; in 2001, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to build a line from Ethiopia to Port Sudan (2000 est.)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2002)
Rewritten: too little of the 2002 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2002)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2004)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2005)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2004) (2005)
- total:
- 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2006)
total: 681 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2005) (2006)
- total:
- 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006)
total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- country comparison to the world:
- 106
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)
total: 699
681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
country comparison to the world:
106
narrow gauge: 699
681 km 1.000-m gauge
note:
railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains is largely inoperable (2006) (2008)
The same text in 4 editions, 2011 to 2014.
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- country comparison to the world:
- 102
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)
total:
681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
country comparison to the world:106 102
narrow gauge:
681 km 1.000-m gauge
note:
railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2015)
country comparison to the world: 103
total:country comparison to the world:narrow gauge:
102
note:but is largely inoperable (2008) (2015)
country comparison to the world: 103
- total:
- 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2015)
country comparison to the world: 102
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2015)
country comparison to the world: 103 102
- total:
- 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- standard gauge:
- 659 km 1.435-m gauge
note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor (2017)
country comparison to the world: 102
total: 681 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)narrow standard gauge: 681 659 km 1.000-m 1.435-m gauge
note: electric railway is with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2015) and managed by a Chinese contractor (2017)
country comparison to the world: 102
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- total:
- 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017)
- standard gauge:
- 659 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)
note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor
total: 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017)
standard gauge: 659 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)
note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor (2017)
country comparison to the world: 102
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 659 km (2017) (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- standard gauge:
- 659 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge
note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor
total: 659 km (2017) (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017)
standard gauge: 659 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (2017)
note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Ethiopia: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/ethiopia/railways.