Railways In 36 editions of 36.

• 239,430 km of narrow gauge track;
• 710,754 km of standard gauge track;
• 251,153 km of broad gauge track;
• includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and only 4,160 km in North America;
• fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's SNCF TGV-Atlantique line

• 4,060 km total;
• 2,616 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 1,188 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 landmines still in place from the civil war;
• majority of the Benguela Railroad also closed because of civil war

578 km, all 1.000-meter gauge, single track

712 km 1.067-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;
• limited trackage in use because of civil strife

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

2.6 km; owned, operated by, 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

690 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

• 2,115 km total;
• 465 km 1.435-meter (standard) gauge;
• 1,650 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 (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi and 15.0 km from Termez (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

840 km all 1.000-meter gauge (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 2,090 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

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;
• of these 11,200 km are double track standard-gauge lines;
• 6,900 km electrified (1990);
• 10,000 km dedicated industrial lines (gauges range from 0.762 to 1.067 meters)

• 1,570 km, does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 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)

• 14,460 km (all 1.520-meter gauge); does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 4,915 km total;
• 4,250 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 665 km 0.762-meter narrow gauge;
• 159 km double track;
• 3,084 km electrified;
• government owned (1989)

• 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

• 370 km; does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 1,750 km 1.524-meter broad gauge (1988)

• 52 km (1990), all 0.762-meter narrow gauge;
• all in Terai close to Indian border;
• 10 km from Raxaul to Birganj is government owned

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

87,180 km all 1.520-meter broad gauge (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 1,948 km total (1990);
• all 1.868-meter broad gauge;
• 102 km double track;
• no electrification;
• government owned

• 480 km all 1.520-meter (broad) gauge (includes NA km electrified);
• does not include industrial lines (1990);
• 258 km between Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Termez (Uzbekistan), connects with the railroad system of the other republics of the former Soviet Union at Tashkent in Uzbekistan

2,120 km all 1.520-meter gauge

3,460 km all 1.520-meter gauge (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

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

• 12,947 km total;
• Cuban National Railways operates 5,053 km of 1.435-meter gauge track;
• 151.7 km electrified;
• 7,742 km of sugar plantation lines of 0.914-m and 1.435-m 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

884 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 782 km government owned, 102 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

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

• 373 km 1.067-meter narrow 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

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

58 km 0.760-meter gauge on Saint Kitts for sugarcane

minimal agricultural railroad system near San Fernando

• 543 km total;
• 509 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track and 34 km narrow gauge, single track (1990);
• line connecting Titograd (Serbia and Montenegro) 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

• 5,570 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 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

NA km all 1.000-meter gauge (includes NA km electrified)

• 4,300 km total, all government owned (1987);
• 4,055 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge;
• 917 km double track;
• 2,510 km electrified

2,698 km (34.5% electrified)

• 13,103 km total;
• 12,855 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 102 km 1.520-meter broad gauge, 146 km 0.750- and 0.760-meter narrow gauge;
• 2,861 km double track;
• 3,798 km electrified;
• government owned (1988)

• 2,675 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
• Danish State Railways (DSB) operate 2,120 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

• 1,030 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

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

• West - 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);
• East - 14,025 km total;
• 13,750 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 275 km 1.000-meter or other narrow gauge;
• 3,830 (est.) km 1.435-meter standard gauge double-track;
• 3,475 km overhead electrified (1988)

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 Saint Peter's)

• 7,765 km total;
• 7,508 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 222 km narrow gauge (mostly 0.760-meter), 35 km 1.520-meter broad gauge;
• 1,147 km double track, 2,161 km electrified;
• all government owned (1991)

• 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)

• 2,400 km (includes NA km electrified) does not include industrial lines (1990)

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

• 2,010 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines (1990)

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

1,150 km (includes NA km electrified) (1990); does not include industrial lines

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

NA

• 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

• 27,041 km total;
• 24,287 km 1.435-meter gauge, 397 km 1.520-meter gauge, 2,357 km narrow gauge;
• 8,987 km double track;
• 11,016 km electrified;
• government owned (1989)

• 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

• 11,275 km total;
• 10,860 km 1.435-meter gauge, 370 km narrow gauge, 45 km broad gauge;
• 3,411 km electrified, 3,060 km double track;
• government owned (1987)

NA

NA

• 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

• 22,800 km all 1.500-meter gauge; does not include industrial lines (1990)

• 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, including 190 km double track

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

• 4,850 km total;
• 4,760 km 1.432-meter gauge, 92 km 1.676-meter gauge;
• 480 km under construction from Bafq to Bandar Abbas, rail construction from Bafq to Sirjan has been completed and is operational

2,457 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

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

619 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track

• 6,456 km total track length (1990);
• over 700 km double track;
• government owned

system in disrepair, considered inoperable

886 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

2,350 km total; 2,035 km standard gauge, 315 km 1.050-meter (narrow) gauge

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

• 93,544 km total;
• two major transcontinental freight railway systems - Canadian National (government owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway;
• passenger service - VIA (government operated)

24,500 km total; breakdown NA

270,312 km

none

• 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

none

• 34,172 km total (includes 209 km electrified);
• includes a mixture of 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1.676-meter broad gauge, 1.000-meter narrow gauge, and 0.750-meter narrow gauge

3,684 km total, all narrow gauge; 3,652 km 1.000-meter gauge and 32 km 0.760-meter gauge, all government owned, single track

• 28,828 km total;
• 24,864 km 1.000-meter gauge, 3,877 km 1.600-meter gauge, 74 km mixed 1.600-1.000-meter gauge, 13 km 0.760-meter gauge;
• 2,360 km electrified

• 7,766 km total;
• 3,974 km 1.676-meter gauge, 150 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 3,642 km 1.000-meter gauge;
• electrification, 1,865 km 1.676-meter gauge, 80 km 1.000-meter gauge

3,386 km; 3,236 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track (2,611 km in use), 150 km 1. 435-meter gauge

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)

1,801 km total; 1,501 km 1.435-meter 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

none

Published as “Railroads”

Peninsular Malaysia:

1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned

Published as “Railroads”

Sabah:

136 km 1.000-meter gauge

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

38 km of 1.000-meter gauge

• about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and 3,525 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 was completed in late 1991;
• 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 after war damage