Railways In 36 editions of 36.

• 4,146 km total;
• 2,632 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 1,258 km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• 300 km electrified;
• 215 km double track

• 3,189 km total;
• 2,879 km 1.067-meter gauge, 310 km 0.600-meter gauge;
• limited trackage in use because of insurgent attacks;
• sections of the Benguela Railroad closed because of insurgency

578 km, all 1.000-meter gauge, single track

712 km 1.0 67-meter gauge

• 620 km total;
• 520 km Ouagadougou to Ivory Coast border and 100 km Ouagadougou to Kaya;
• all 1.00-meter gauge and single track

1,003 km total; 858 km 1.000-meter gauge, 145 km 0.600-meter gauge

• 5,254 km total;
• 3,968 km 1.067-meter gauge (851 km electrified);
• 125 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• 136 km 0.615-meter gauge;
• 1,025 km 0.600-meter gauge

797 km, 1.067-meter gauge, single track (includes 285 km that are privately owned)

660 km (Burkina border to Abidjan, 1.00-meter gauge, single track, except 25 km Abidjan-Anyama section is double track)

the Ethiopian-Djibouti railroad extends for 97 km through Djibouti

• 5,110 km total;
• 4,763 km 1,435-meter standard gauge, 347 km 0.750-meter gauge;
• 951 km double track;
• 25 km electrified

297 km plus 71 km disused, 1.067-meter gauge, single track

• 988 km total;
• 681 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational)

649 km 1.437-meter standard-gauge single track (Transgabonese Railroad)

• 953 km, all 1.067-meter gauge;
• 32 km double track;
• railroads undergoing major renovation

1,045 km; 806 km 1.000-meter gauge, 239 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

short line going to a jetty

2,040 km 1.000-meter gauge

1.6 km; owned, operated, and included in the statistics of South Africa

• 480 km total;
• 328 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 152 km 1.067-meter narrow gauge;
• all lines single track;
• rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with Liberian Government

1,020 km 1.000-meter gauge

789 km 1.067-meter gauge

642 km 1.000-meter gauge; linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes

670 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, owned and operated by government mining company

1,893 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (246 km double track, 974 km electrified)

• 3,288 km total;
• 3,140 km 1.067-meter gauge;
• 148 km 0.762-meter narrow gauge;
• Malawi-Nacala, Malawi-Beira, and Zimbabwe-Maputo lines are subject to closure because of insurgency

2,341 km 1.067-meter gauge, single track

3,505 km 1.067-meter gauge

1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; all single track except 70 km double track Dakar to Thies

84 km 1.067-meter narrow-gauge mineral line is used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed

• 20,638 km route distance total;
• 35,079 km of 1.067-meter gauge trackage (counts double and multiple tracking as single track);
• 314 km of 610 mm gauge

5,500 km total; 4,784 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line

• 3,555 km total;
• 960 km 1.067-meter gauge;
• 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km double track, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge;
• 115 km 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade

515 km 1.000-meter gauge, single track

• 2,154 km total;
• 465 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• 1,689 km 1.000-meter gauge

1,300 km, 1.000-meter-gauge single track

1,266 km, all 1.067-meter gauge; 13 km double track

• 2,745 km 1.067-meter gauge;
• 42 km double track;
• 355 km electrified

9.6 km (single track) 1.524-meter gauge from Kushka (USSR) to Towraghondi and 15.0 km from Termez (USSR) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

2,892 km total (1986); 1,914 km 1.000 meter gauge, 978 km 1.676 meter broad gauge

• total about 54,000 km common carrier lines;
• 53,400 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• 600 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• all single track except 11,200 km double track on standard-gauge lines;
• 6,500 km electrified;
• 10,000 km industrial lines (gauges range from 0.762 to 1.067 meters)

• 61,850 km total (1986);
• 33,553 km 1.676-meter broad gauge, 24,051 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,246 km narrow gauge (0.762 meter and 0.610 meter);
• 12,617 km is double track;
• 6,500 km is electrified

• 27,327 km total;
• 2,012 km 1.435-meter standard gauge and 25,315 km predominantly 1.067-meter narrow gauge;
• 5,724 km doubletrack and multitrack sections, 9,038 km 1.067-meter narrow-gauge electrified, 2,012 km 1.435-meter standard-gauge electrified (1987)

• 4,535 km total operating in 1980;
• 3,870 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 665 km 0.762-meter narrow gauge, 159 km double track;
• 3,175 km electrified;
• government owned

• 3,106 km operating in 1983;
• 3,059 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 47 km 0.610-meter narrow gauge, 712 km double track, 418 km electrified;
• government owned

• 1,750 km 1.524-meter broad gauge (1986)

• 52 km (1985), all 0.762-meter narrow gauge;
• all in Tarai close to Indian border;
• 10 km from Raxaul to Birganj is government owned

• 8,773 km total;
• 7,718 km broad gauge, 445 km meter gauge, and 610 km narrow gauge;
• 1,037 km broad-gauge double track;
• 286 km electrified;
• all government owned (1985)

• 1,868 km total (1985);
• all 1.868-meter broad gauge;
• 102 km double track;
• no electrification;
• government owned

64 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge and 13 km 0.610-meter gauge used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane

950 km total, all 1.067-meter gauge; 260 km electrified

• 14,925 km total;
• Cuban National Railways operates 5,295 km of 1.435-meter gauge track;
• 199 km electrified;
• 9,630 km of sugar plantation lines of 0.914-1.435-meter gauge

1,655 km total in numerous segments; 4 different gauges from 0.558 m to 1.435 m

602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track

privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

870 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 780 km government owned, 90 km privately owned

40 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge, single-track, privately owned industrial line

785 km total; 508 km 1.067-meter gauge, 277 km 0.914-meter gauge

370 km, all 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track

• 373 km 1.067-meter gauge, government owned;
• majority of system not operating;
• 3 km 1.435-meter gauge line at Puerto Cabezas (does not connect with mainline)

238 km total; 78 km 1.524-meter gauge, 160 km 0.914-meter gauge

100 km rural narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; no passenger railroads

58 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge on St. Kitts for sugarcane

minimal agricultural system near San Fernando

• 543 km total;
• 509 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track and 34 km narrow gauge, single track (1988);
• line connecting Titograd (Yugoslavia) and Shkoder (Albania) completed August 1986

• 6,028 km total;
• 5,388 km government owned and 640 km privately owned (1.435- and 1.000-meter gauge);
• 5,403 km 1.435-meter standard gauge of which 3,051 km is electrified and 1,520 km is double tracked;
• 363 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge of which 91 km is electrified

• Belgian National Railways (SNCB) operates 3,667 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, government owned;
• 2,563 km double track;
• 1,978 km electrified;
• 191 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned and operated

• 4,294 km total, all government owned (1986);
• 4,049 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge;
• 908 km double track;
• 2,342 km electrified

• 13,116 km total;
• 12,868 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 102 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 146 km 0.750- and 0.760-meter narrow gauge;
• 2,854 km double track;
• 3,530 km electrified;
• government owned (1986)

• 2,675 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• Danish State Railways (DSB) operate 2,025 km (1,999 km rail line and 121 km rail ferry services);
• 188 km electrified, 730 km double tracked;
• 650 km of standard-gauge lines are privately owned and operated

5,924 km total; Finnish State Railways (VR) operate a total of 5,863 km 1.524-meter gauge, of which 480 km are multiple track and 1,445 km are electrified

• French National Railways (SNCF) operates 34,568 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• 11,674 km electrified, 15,132 km double or multiple track;
• 2,138 km of various gauges (1.000-meter to 1.440-meter), privately owned and operated

• 14,005 km total;
• 13,730 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 275 km 1.000-meter or other narrow gauge, 3,830 (est.) km 1.435-meter double-track standard gauge;
• 2,754 km overhead electrified (1986)

• 31,443 km total;
• 27,421 km government owned, 1.435-meter standard gauge (12,491 km double track, 11,501 km electrified);
• 4,022 km nongovernment owned, including 3,598 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (214 km electrified) and 424 km 1.000-meter gauge (186 km electrified)

1.000-meter-gauge system in dockyard area only

• 2,479 km total;
• 1,565 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, of which 36 km electrified and 100 km double track, 892 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• 22 km 0.750-meter narrow gauge;
• all government owned

850 m, 750 mm gauge (links with Italian network near the Rome station of St. Peter's)

• 7,770 km total;
• 7,513 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 222 km narrow gauge (mostly 0.760-meter), 35 km 1.524-meter broad gauge;
• 1,138 km double track, 2,088 km electrified;
• all government owned (1987)

• Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge, government owned;
• 485 km double track;
• 38 km electrified

36 km electric track, 24 km steam track

• 20,011 km total;
• 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified);
• 3,945 km privately owned--2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)

18.5 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, electrified; owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways

• Luxembourg National Railways (CFL) operates 270 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• 162 km double track;
• 162 km electrified

1.6 km 1.435-meter gauge

3,037 km track (includes 1,871 km electrified and 1,800 km double track; 2,871 km 1.435-meter standard gauge operated by Netherlands Railways (NS); 166 km privately owned

• 4,223 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• Norwegian State Railways (NSB) operates 4,219 km (2,450 km electrified and 96 km double track);
• 4 km other

• 27,245 km total;
• 24,333 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 397 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 2,515 km narrow gauge;
• 8,986 km double track;
• 10,000 km electrified;
• government owned (1986)

• 3,613 km total;
• state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned

• 11,221 km total;
• 10,755 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 421 km narrow gauge, 45 km broad gauge;
• 3,328 km electrified, 3,060 km double track;
• government owned (1986)

• 146,100 km total;
• 51,700 km electrified;
• does not include industrial lines (1987)

• 15,430 km total;
• Spanish National Railways (RENFE) operates 12,691 km 1.668-meter gauge, 6,184 km electrified, and 2,295 km double track;
• FEVE (government-owned narrow-gauge railways) operates 1,821 km of predominantly 1.000-meter gauge and 441 km electrified;
• privately owned railways operate 918 km of predominantly 1.000-meter gauge, 512 km electrified, and 56 km double track

• 12,000 km total;
• Swedish State Railways (SJ)--10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track;
• 182 km 0.891-meter gauge;
• 117 km rail ferry service;
• privately owned railways--511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified);
• 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)

• 5,174 km total;
• 2,971 km are government owned and 2,203 km are nongovernment owned;
• the government network consists of 2,897 km 1.435-meter standard gauge and 74 km 1.000-meter narrow gauge track;
• 1,432 km double track, 99% electrified;
• the nongovernment network consists of 710 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1,418 km 1.000-meter gauge, and 75 km 0.790-meter gauge track, 100% electrified

• Great Britain--16,629 km total;
• British Railways (BR) operates 16,629 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (4,205 km electrified and 12,591 km double or multiple track);
• several additional small standard-gauge and narrow-gauge lines are privately owned and operated;
• Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) operates 332 km 1.600-meter gauge, 190 km double track

9,270 km total; (all 1.435-meter standard gauge) including 926 km double track, 3,771 km electrified (1987)

• one line,
• abandoned and in disrepair,
• but trackage remains

• 4,601 km total;
• 4,509 km 1.432-meter gauge, 92 km 1.676-meter gauge;
• 730 km under construction from Bafq to Bandar Abbas

2,962 km total; 2,457 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 505 km 1.000-meter gauge

594 km 1.435-meter gauge, single track; diesel operated

619 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track

• 378 km total;
• 296 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 82 km 1.050-meter gauge;
• all single track;
• system almost entirely inoperable

886 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

• 2,241 km total;
• 1,930 km standard gauge, 311 km 1.050-meter narrow gauge;
• note--the Tartus-Latakia line is nearly complete

8,401 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; 479 km electrified

• 80,095 km total;
• 79,917 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (includes 129 km electrified);
• 178 km 0.915-meter narrow gauge (mostly unused);
• two major transcontinental freight railway systems--Canadian National (government owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway;
• passenger service--VIA (government operated)

• 20,680 km total;
• 19,950 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• 730 km 0.914-meter narrow gauge

270,312 km

small marine railroad in Pago Pago harbor

• 40,478 km total;
• 7,970 km 1.600-meter gauge, 16,201 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 16,307 km 1.067-meter gauge;
• 183 km dual gauge;
• 1,130 km electrified;
• government owned (except for a few hundred kilometers of privately owned track) (1985)

644 km 0.610-meter narrow gauge, belonging to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation

3.9 km; used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast

• 4,716 km total;
• all 1.067-meter gauge;
• 274 km double track;
• 113 km electrified;
• over 99% government owned

none

none

• 34,172 km total (includes 169 km electrified);
• includes a mixture of 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1.676-meter broad gauge, 1.000-meter gauge, and 0.750-meter gauge

3,675 km total; 3,643 km 1.000-meter gauge and 32 km 0.760-meter gauge, all government owned, single track

• 29,694 km total;
• 25,268 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,339 km 1.600-meter gauge, 74 km mixed 1.600-1.000-meter gauge, 13 km 0.760-meter gauge;
• 2,308 km electrified

• 8,613 km total;
• 4,257 km 1.676-meter gauge, 135 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 4,221 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• electrification, 1,578 km 1.676-meter gauge, 76 km 1.000-meter gauge

3,563 km, all 0.914-meter gauge, single track

965 km total; all 1.067-meter-gauge single track

187 km total, all single track 0.914-meter gauge

970 km total; 440 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 60 km 1.000-meter gauge, 470 km various narrow gauge (privately owned)

1,876 km total; 1,576 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 300 km 0.914-meter gauge

• 166 km total;
• 86 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned, and 80 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• all single track

3,000 km, all 1.435-meter standard gauge and government owned

• 542 km total;
• 363 km 1.435-meter standard gauge all single track, government owned;
• 179 km 1.435-meter gauge, privately owned

13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line

• 3,991 km total, all government owned;
• 3,878 km 1.000-meter gauge, 113 km narrow-gauge industrial lines;
• 362 km double track

612 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned

35 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, government owned

• 6,964 km total;
• 6,389 km 1.067-meter gauge, 497 km 0.750-meter gauge, 78 km 0.600-meter gauge;
• 211 km double track;
• 101 km electrified;
• all government owned

• Peninsular Malaysia--1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge;
• 13 km double track, government owned;
• Sabah--136 km 1.000-meter gauge

• 378 km operable on Luzon, 34% government owned (1982)

38 km of 1.000-meter gauge

• about 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 km industrial lines;
• common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line;
• a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction;
• common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
• industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises

3,940 km 1.000-meter gauge, 99 km double track

3,059 km total; 2,454 1.000-meter gauge, 151 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 230 km dual gauge (three rails), and 224 km not restored to service