Railways In 36 editions of 36.

total:

1,148,186 km (2013)

total:

4,020 km (2019)

total:

2,761 km (2022)

narrow gauge:

2,638 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

123 km 0.600-mm gauge

total:

438 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

438 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total:

888 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

888 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total:

622 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

622 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire

total:

987 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

987 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

note: railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL

total:

4,007 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,882 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified)

125 1.000-mm gauge

total:

510 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

510 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total:

660 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

660 km (2008) 1.000-m gauge

note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso

total:

97 km (2017) (Djibouti segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway)

standard gauge:

97 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

total:

5,085 km (2014)

standard gauge:

5,085 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified)

total:

306 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge

total:

301 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

301 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

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:

649 km (2014)

standard gauge:

649 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

947 km (2022)

narrow gauge:

947 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

total:

1,086 km (2017)

standard gauge:

279 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

807 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

total:

3,819 km (2018)

standard gauge:

485 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

3,334 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge

total:

429 km (2008)

standard gauge:

345 km (2008) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

84 km (2008) 1.067-m gauge

note: most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt

total:

836 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

836 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge

total:

767 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

767 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total:

593 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

593 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total:

728 km (2014)

standard gauge:

728 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

2,067 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,067 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified)

total:

4,787 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

4,787 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total:

2,628 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

2,628 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total:

3,798 km (2014)

standard gauge:

293 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

3,505 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

note: as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced

total:

906 km (2017) (713 km operational in 2017)

narrow gauge:

906 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

total:

30,400 km (2021)

standard gauge:

80 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

19,756 km (2014) 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified)

total:

248 km (2018)

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational

total:

7,251 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

5,851 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations

total:

4,097 km (2022)

standard gauge:

421 km (2022)

narrow gauge:

969 km (2022) 1.067 m gauge

broad gauge:

2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage

total:

568 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

568 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total:

2,173 km (2014) (1,991 in use)

standard gauge:

471 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,694 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)

dual gauge:

8 km (2014) 1.435-1.000-m gauge

total:

1,244 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,244 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total:

3,126 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,126 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)

total:

3,427 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,427 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified)

total:

686 km (2017)

total:

2,944.3 km (2017)

broad gauge:

2,944.3 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified)

total:

2,460 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,801 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge:

659 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge

total:

150,000 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge (100,000 km electrified); 104,0000 traditional, 40,000 high-speed

total:

1,363 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

37 km (2014) 0.912-m gauge (37 km electrified)

broad gauge:

1,326 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge (1,251 km electrified)

total:

65,554 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,604 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge:

63,950 km (2014) (39, 329 km electrified)

total:

27,311 km (2015)

standard gauge:

4,800 km (2015) 1.435-m gauge (4,800 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

124 km (2015) 1.372-m gauge (124 km electrified)

dual gauge:

132 km (2015) 1.435-1.067-m gauge (132 km electrified)

22,207 km 1.067-mm gauge (15,430 km electrified)

48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified)

total:

16,636 km (2021)

broad gauge:

16,636 km (2021) 1.520-m gauge (4,237 km electrified)

total:

7,435 km (2014)

standard gauge:

7,435 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (5,400 km electrified)

note: figures are approximate; some narrow-gauge railway also exists

total:

3,979 km (2016)

standard gauge:

3,979 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified)

total:

424 km (2022)

broad gauge:

424 km (2018) 1.520-m gauge

total:

1,815 km (2017)

broad gauge:

1,815 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge

note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway

total:

59 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

59 km (2018) 0.762-m gauge

total:

11,881 km (2021)

narrow gauge:

389 km (2021) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge:

11,492 km (2021) 1.676-m gauge (286 km electrified)

total:

85,494 km (2019)

narrow gauge:

957 km

total:

1,562 km (2016)

broad gauge:

1,562 km (2016) 1.676-m gauge

total:

680 km (2014)

broad gauge:

680 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge

total:

5,113 km (2017)

broad gauge:

5,113 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge

total:

4,642 km (2018)

broad gauge:

4,642 km (2018) 1.520-m gauge (1,684 km electrified)

total:

278 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

278 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated

total:

8,367 km (2017)

standard gauge:

8,195 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (124 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

172 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

note: As of 2013, 70 km of standard gauge and 12 km of narrow gauge track were not for public use

total:

496 km (2014)

standard gauge:

354 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

142 km (2014) 0.762-m gauge

total:

12.5 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

12.5 km (2014) 0.914-mm gauge

total:

800 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

800 km (2018) 0.914-m gauge

note: despite the existence of a railway network, all rail service was suspended in 2007 and no passenger or freight train currently runs in the country (2018)

total:

699 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

164 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

115 km 1.057-mm gauge

420 km 0.914-mm gauge

total:

77 km (2014)

standard gauge:

77 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

50 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

50 km (2008) 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists

total:

424 km (2017)

2021-All the trains in the country suspended

total:

6,123 km (2022) 3,523 km electrified

total:

5,528 km (2014)

standard gauge:

25 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

broad gauge:

5,503 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)

total:

3,602 km (2020) 3,160 km electrified

total:

965 km (2014)

standard gauge:

965 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (565 km electrified)

total:

4,029 km (2020) 2,871 km electrified

total:

2,617 km (2020) 980 km electrified

total:

9,548 km (2020) 3,242 km electrified

total:

2,682 km (2020) 876 km electrified

total:

1,441 km (2020) 225 km electrified

total:

4,894,173 km (2019)

total:

5,918 km (2020) 3,349 km electrified

total:

27,860 km (2020) 16,660 km electrified

narrow gauge:

-5 km

total:

39,379 km (2020) 20,942 km electrified

• 15 km 0.900-mm gauge, 24 km 0.750-mm gauge (2015)

total:

2,345 km (2020) 731 km electrified

total:

7,687 km (2020) 3,111 km electrified

total:

1,688 km (2020) 53 km electrified

total:

63 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

6 km (2008) 1.076-m gauge (6 km electrified)

57 0.914-mm gauge (29 km electrified) note: primarily summer tourist attractions

total:

18,475 km (2020) 12,936 km electrified

1289.3 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)

total:

437 km (2020)

total:

2,216 km (2020) 257 km electrified

total:

9 km (2018)

standard gauge:

9 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge (electrified)

note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland

total:

1,911 km (2020) 152 km electrified

total:

271 km (2020) 262 km electrified

total:

1,171 km (2014)

standard gauge:

14 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

broad gauge:

1,157 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge

note: Monaco has a single railway station but does not operate its own train service; the French operator SNCF operates rail services in Monaco

total:

250 km (2017)

standard gauge:

250 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (224 km electrified)

total:

3,055 km (2020) 2,310 km electrified

total:

699 km (2020) 313 km electrified

total:

3,848 km (2020) 2,482 km electrified

total:

19,461 km (2020) 11,946 km electrified

total:

2,526 km (2020) 1,696 km electrified

total:

10,628 km (2020) 4,030 km electrified

total:

3,333 km (2020) 1,274 km electrified

total:

3,627 km (2020) 1,585 km electrified

total:

1,207 km (2020) 609 km electrified

total:

15,489 km (2020) 9,953 km electrified

total:

10,910 km (2020) 8,184 km electrified

narrow gauge:

65 km

total:

5,296 km (2020) 5,296 km electrified; Switzerland remains the only country with a fully electrified network

total:

21,733 km (2014)

standard gauge:

49 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified)

broad gauge:

21,684 km (2014) 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified)

total:

16,390 km (2020) 6,167 km electrified

total:

8,483.5 km (2014)

standard gauge:

8,389.5 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified)

broad gauge:

94 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge

total:

2,272 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,272 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

1,497 km (2021) (2019)

standard gauge:

1,497 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge

total:

509 km (2020)

narrow gauge:

509 km (2014) 1.050-m gauge

total:

401 km (2017)

standard gauge:

319 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

82 km (2017) 1.050-m gauge

note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006

total:

5,410 km (2016)

standard gauge:

5,410 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings)

total:

2,052 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,801 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

251 km (2014) 1.050-m gauge

total:

11,497 km (2018)

standard gauge:

11,497 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge (1.435 km high speed train)

total:

49,422 km (2021) note: 129 km electrified (2021)

standard gauge:

49,422 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge

total:

23,389 km (2017)

standard gauge:

23,389 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified)

total:

293,564.2 km (2014)

standard gauge:

293,564.2 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

32,606 km (2022) 3,448 km electrified

standard gauge:

18,007 km (2022) 1.435 mm

narrow gauge:

11,914 km (2022) 1.067 mm

broad gauge:

2,685 km (2022) 1.600 mm

total:

597 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

597 km (2008) 0.600-m gauge

note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December

total:

4,128 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

4,128 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified)

total:

17,866 km (2018)

total:

3,960 km (2019)

narrow gauge:

3,960 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total:

29,849.9 km (2014)

standard gauge:

194 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

23,341.6 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified)

broad gauge:

5,822.3 km (2014) 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified)

dual gauge:

492 km (2014) 1.600-1.000-m gauge

total:

7,281.5 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,853.5 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge:

3,428 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified)

total:

2,141 km (2019)

standard gauge:

150 km (2019) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,991 km (2019) 0.914-m gauge

total:

965 km (2022)

narrow gauge:

965 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains

total:

30 km (2014)

standard gauge:

30 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

total:

1,854.4 km (2017)

standard gauge:

1,730.4 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (34 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

124 km (2014) 0.914-m gauge

total:

1,673 km (2016) (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km)

standard gauge:

1,673 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge

total:

447 km (2014)

standard gauge:

447 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified)

total:

5,031 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

5,031 km (2008) 1.000-m gauge

total:

642 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

642 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

note: under restoration

total:

18 km (2017)

standard gauge:

18 km (2017) 1.435-m (not in operation)

note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place

total:

8,159 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

8,159 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified)

note: 4,816 km operational

total:

422 km (2023)

standard gauge:

422 km (2023) 1.435-m gauge (422 km overhead electrification)

total:

1,851 km (2014)

standard gauge:

59 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,792 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified)

total:

77 km (2017)

standard gauge:

49 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

28 km (2017) 1.067-m gauge

total:

1,613.1 km (2018)

standard gauge:

345 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,118.1 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified)

150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower

total:

4,127 km (2017)

standard gauge:

84 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (84 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

4,043 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

total:

2,600 km (2014)

standard gauge:

178 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge; 253 km mixed gauge

narrow gauge:

2,169 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge