Railways In 36 editions of 36.

total:

• 1,201,337 km 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 4,160 km in North America;
• note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line

broad gauge:

251,153 km

standard gauge:

710,754 km

narrow gauge:

239,430 km

total:

4,820 km (301 km electrified; 215 km double track)

standard gauge:

3,664 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km double track)

narrow gauge:

1,156 km 1.055-m gauge (1996)

total:

2,952 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war)

narrow gauge:

2,798 km 1.067-m gauge; 154 km 0.600-m gauge (1997)

total:

578 km (single track)

narrow gauge:

578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

total:

971 km

narrow gauge:

971 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)

total:

622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)

narrow gauge:

622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

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total:

1,104 km

narrow gauge:

1,104 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

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total:

5,138 km (1995); note - severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage to facilities by civil strife

narrow gauge:

• 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified);
• 125 km 1.000-m gauge;
• 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge

total:

795 km (includes 285 km private track)

narrow gauge:

795 km 1.067-m gauge (1995 est.)

total:

660 km

narrow gauge:

660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track (1995 est.)

total:

100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)

narrow gauge:

100 km 1.000-m gauge

note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003

total:

4,955 km

standard gauge:

4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 km double track)

total:

0 km

total:

317 km

narrow gauge:

317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999)

note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way

total:

297 km; note - includes 71 km which are not in use

narrow gauge:

297 km 1.067-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; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines

total:

649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)

standard gauge:

649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)

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total:

953 km (undergoing major rehabilitation)

narrow gauge:

953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1997 est.)

total:

1,086 km

standard gauge:

279 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

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total:

NA km; short line going to a jetty

total:

2,778 km

narrow gauge:

2,778 km 1.000-m gauge

note: the line connecting Nairobi with the port of Mombasa is the most important in the country

total:

2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and included in the statistics of South Africa

narrow gauge:

2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)

total:

• 490 km (328 km single track);
• note - three rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the Liberian Government;
• one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased;
• the other two were shut down by the civil war;
• large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled;
• approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap

standard gauge:

345 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

145 km 1.067-m gauge

note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard gauge line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libya signed contracts with Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork

total:

883 km

narrow gauge:

883 km 1.000-m gauge (1994)

total:

789 km

narrow gauge:

789 km 1.067-m gauge

total:

729 km (linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes)

narrow gauge:

729 km 1.000-m gauge

total:

704 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government mining company

standard gauge:

704 km 1.435-m gauge (1995)

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0 km

total:

1,907 km

standard gauge:

1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double track)

total:

3,131 km

narrow gauge:

2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994)

total:

2,382 km

narrow gauge:

2,382 km 1.067-m gauge; single track (1995)

0 km

total:

3,557 km

narrow gauge:

3,505 km 1.067-m gauge

standard gauge:

52 km 1.435-m gauge

note: years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system; a project to restore Nigeria's railways is now underway

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total:

906 km

narrow gauge:

906 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double track)

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total:

84 km used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed

narrow gauge:

84 km 1.067-m gauge

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total:

21,431 km

narrow gauge:

20,995 km 1.067-m gauge (9,087 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (1995)

total:

5,311 km

narrow gauge:

4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line

note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic

total:

3,569 km (1995)

narrow gauge:

2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge

note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia) is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways

total:

525 km (1995)

narrow gauge:

525 km 1.000-m gauge

total:

2,168 km

standard gauge:

471 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,687 km 1.000-m gauge

dual gauge:

10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails)

total:

1,241 km

narrow gauge:

1,241 km 1.000-m gauge

note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)

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total:

2,164 km (1995)

narrow gauge:

2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track)

note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA is not a part of Zambia Railways

total:

2,759 km (1995)

narrow gauge:

2,759 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 km double track) (1995 est.)

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total:

24.6 km

broad gauge:

• 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi;
• 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

total:

825 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

825 km 1.520-m gauge (825 km electrified) (1995)

total:

2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)

total:

2,745 km

broad gauge:

923 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (1998 est.)

0 km

total:

65,650 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails)

standard gauge:

62,050 km 1.435-m gauge (12,150 km electrified; 20,250 km double track)

narrow gauge:

3,600 km 0.750-m gauge local industrial lines (1998 est.)

note: a new total of 68,000 km has been estimated for early 1999

total:

1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)

total:

62,915 km (12,307 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)

broad gauge:

40,620 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

18,501 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,794 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1998 est.)

total:

23,670.7 km

standard gauge:

2,893.1 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)

narrow gauge:

• 89.8 km 1.372-m gauge (89.8 km electrified);
• 20,656.8 km 1.067-m gauge (10,383.6 km electrified);
• 31 km 0.762-m gauge (3.6 km electrified) (1994)

total:

14,400 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1997)

total:

5,000 km

standard gauge:

4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified; 159 km double track)

narrow gauge:

665 km 0.762-m gauge

dual gauge:

240 km 1.435-m and 1.600-m gauges (four rails interlaced) (1996 est.)

total:

6,240 km

standard gauge:

6,240 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified) (1998 est.)

total:

370 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

370 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)

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total:

1,928 km

broad gauge:

1,928 km 1.524-m gauge (1994)

total:

101 km; note - all in Kosi close to Indian border

narrow gauge:

101 km 0.762-m gauge

total:

8,163 km

broad gauge:

7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 km double track)

narrow gauge:

445 km 1.000-m gauge (1996 est.)

total:

• 150,000 km;
• note - 87,000 km in common carrier service;
• 63,000 km serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use

broad gauge:

150,000 km 1.520-m gauge (January 1997 est.)

total:

1,463 km

broad gauge:

1,404 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

59 km 0.762-m gauge (1996)

total:

480 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines (1990)

total:

2,187 km

broad gauge:

2,187 km 1.520-m gauge (1996 est.)

total:

3,380 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:

3,380 km 1.520-m gauge (300 km electrified) (1993)

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total:

77 km

narrow gauge:

64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane)

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total:

950 km

narrow gauge:

950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified)

total:

4,807 km

standard gauge:

4,807 km 1.435-m gauge (147 km electrified)

note: a large amount of track is in private use by sugar plantations

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total:

757 km

standard gauge:

375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)

narrow gauge:

142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway); 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (1995)

total:

602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)

narrow gauge:

602 km 0.914-m gauge

0 km

total:

NA km; privately-owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

total:

884 km (102 km privately owned)

narrow gauge:

884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)

total:

40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line) - closed in early 1990s

narrow gauge:

40 km 0.760-m gauge

total:

595 km

narrow gauge:

349 km 1.067-m gauge; 246 km 0.914-m gauge (1999)

total:

370 km

standard gauge:

• 370 km 1.435-m gauge;
• note - 207 km belong to the Jamaica Railway Corporation in common carrier service, but are no longer operational;
• the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite

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total:

355 km

broad gauge:

76 km 1.524-m gauge

narrow gauge:

279 km 0.914-m gauge

total:

96 km

narrow gauge:

96 km 1.000-m gauge, rural, narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; no passenger service

total:

58 km

narrow gauge:

58 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations (1995)

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0 km

minimal agricultural railroad system near San Fernando; railway service was discontinued in 1968

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0 km

total:

670 km

standard gauge:

670 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)

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total:

6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)

standard gauge:

5,639 km 1.435-m gauge (3,429 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

484 km (13 km 0.600-m gauge, 468 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 0.600-m gauge) (1999)

total:

5,563 km

broad gauge:

5,563 km 1.520-m gauge (894 km electrified)

total:

3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)

standard gauge:

3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998)

total:

1,021 km (electrified 795 km; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired)

standard gauge:

1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (1995); note - some segments still need repair and/or reconstruction

total:

4,294 km

standard gauge:

4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified; 917 km double track)

narrow gauge:

245 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)

total:

2,296 km

standard gauge:

2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified)

note: some lines remain inoperative or not in use; disrupted by territorial dispute (1997)

total:

9,435 km

standard gauge:

9,341 km 1.435-m standard gauge (2,946 km electrified at three voltages; 1,868 km double track)

narrow gauge:

94 km 0.760-m narrow gauge (1998)

total:

2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)

standard gauge:

2,859 km 1.435-m gauge (600 km electrified; 760 km double track) (1998)

total:

1,018 km common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated industrial lines

broad gauge:

1,018 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (1995)

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total:

5,865 km

broad gauge:

5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,192 km electrified; 480 km double- or multiple-track) (1998)

total:

31,939 km (31,940 km are operated by French National Railways (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132 km are double- or multiple-tracked)

standard gauge:

31,840 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

99 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)

total:

40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)

note: since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks

total:

NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only

total:

2,548 km

standard gauge:

1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 23 km double track)

narrow gauge:

961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack type railway for steep grades)

0 km

total:

862 m; note - connects to Italy's network at Rome's Saint Peter's station

narrow gauge:

862 m 1.435-m gauge

total:

7,606 km

broad gauge:

36 km 1.524-m gauge

standard gauge:

7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track)

narrow gauge:

176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)

note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway between Gyor, Sopron, Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) a distance of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria

total:

1,947 km

broad gauge:

1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1998)

total:

68.5 km (43.5 km electrified)

total:

19,394 km

standard gauge:

18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)

0 km

total:

2,412 km

broad gauge:

2,379 km 1.520-m gauge (271 km electrified) (1992)

narrow gauge:

33 km 0.750-m gauge (1994)

total:

18.5 km; note - owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways

standard gauge:

18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)

total:

2,002 km

broad gauge:

2,002 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) (1994)

total:

274 km

standard gauge:

274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified; 178 km double track) (1998)

0 km

total:

1,328 km

broad gauge:

1,328 km 1.520-m gauge (1992)

total:

1.7 km

standard gauge:

1.7 km 1.435-m gauge

total:

2,739 km

standard gauge:

2,739 km 1.435-m gauge; (1,991 km electrified) (1998)

total:

699 km

standard gauge:

699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified)

note: a new 56-km line is under construction to the Bulgarian border (1999)

total:

4,012 km

standard gauge:

4,012 km 1.435-m gauge (2,530 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1998)

total:

23,420 km

broad gauge:

646 km 1.524-m gauge

standard gauge:

21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified; 8,978 km double track)

narrow gauge:

1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (1998)

total:

2,850 km

broad gauge:

2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track)

narrow gauge:

274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)

total:

11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)

standard gauge:

10,898 km

narrow gauge:

487 km (1996)

0 km; note - there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore

total:

4,095 km

standard gauge:

4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (1,377 km partially electrified since 1992)

note: during to the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the Serbian rail system suffered significant damage due to bridge destruction; many rail bridges have been rebuilt, but the bridge over the Danube at Novi Sad was still down in early 2000; however, a by-pass is available; Montenegrin rail lines remain intact

total:

3,660 km

broad gauge:

102 km 1.520-m gauge

standard gauge:

3,507 km 1.435-m gauge (1505 km electrified; 1,011 km double track)

narrow gauge:

51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (1998)

total:

1,201 km

standard gauge:

1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 489 km) (1999)

total:

13,950 km

broad gauge:

12,781 km 1.668-m gauge (6,358 km electrified; 2,295 km double track)

standard gauge:

525 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

644 km 1.000-m gauge (438 km electrified) (1998)

total:

12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)

standard gauge:

12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1998)