Railways In 36 editions of 36.

total:

1,115,205 km

broad gauge:

257,481 km

standard gauge:

671,413 km

narrow gauge:

186,311 km (2003)

total:

3,973 km

standard gauge:

2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,761 km

narrow gauge:

2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2003)

total:

578 km

narrow gauge:

578 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

888 km

narrow gauge:

888 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

622 km

narrow gauge:

622 km 1.000-m gauge

• note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2003)

total:

1,008 km

narrow gauge:

1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

5,138 km

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 (2003)

total:

894 km

narrow gauge:

894 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

660 km

narrow gauge:

660 km 1.000-meter gauge

note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2003)

total:

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

narrow gauge:

100 km 1.000-m gauge

note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003)

total:

5,063 km

standard gauge:

5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2003)

total:

306 km

narrow gauge:

306 km 0.950-m gauge

note: railway is being rebuilt; 117 km open (2003)

total:

301 km

narrow gauge:

301 km 1.067-m gauge (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 (2003)

total:

814 km

standard gauge:

814 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

953 km

narrow gauge:

953 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

837 km

standard gauge:

175 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,778 km

narrow gauge:

2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

490 km

standard gauge:

345 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

145 km 1.067-m gauge

note: none of the railways are in operation (2003)

0 km

note: Libya is working on 7 lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track; it hopes to open a 191 km line by the end of 2004 (2003)

total:

732 km

narrow gauge:

732 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

797 km

narrow gauge:

797 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

729 km

narrow gauge:

729 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

717 km

standard gauge:

717 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

1,907 km

standard gauge:

1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2003)

total:

3,123 km

narrow gauge:

2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,382 km

narrow gauge:

2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,557 km

narrow gauge:

3,505 km 1.067-m gauge

standard gauge:

52 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

906 km

narrow gauge:

906 km 1.000-meter gauge (2003)

total:

22,298 km

narrow gauge:

21,984 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 314 km 0.610-m gauge

note: includes a 2,228 km commuter rail system (2003)

total:

5,978 km

narrow gauge:

4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km .600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2003)

total:

3,690 km

narrow gauge:

969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

568 km

narrow gauge:

568 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,152 km

standard gauge:

468 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)

dual gauge:

10 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2003)

total:

1,241 km

narrow gauge:

1,241 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,173 km

narrow gauge:

2,173 km 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2003)

total:

3,077 km

narrow gauge:

3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2003)

total:

845 km

broad gauge:

845 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)

note: some lines are out of service (2003)

total:

2,957 km

broad gauge:

2,957 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2003)

total:

2,706 km

broad gauge:

884 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

70,058 km

standard gauge:

68,000 km 1.435-m gauge (18,668 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

3,600 km 1.000-m and 0.750-m gauge local industrial lines

dual gauge:

22,640 km (not included in total) (2003)

total:

1,612 km (1,612 km electrified)

broad gauge:

1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)

narrow gauge:

37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2003)

total:

63,140 km (15,994 km electrified)

broad gauge:

45,099 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

14,776 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,265 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2003)

total:

23,705 km (16,519 km electrified)

standard gauge:

3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

• 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified);
• 20,393 km 1.067-m gauge (13,227 km electrified);
• 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2003)

total:

13,601 km

broad gauge:

13,601 km 1.520-m gauge (3,661 km electrified) (2003)

total:

5,214 km

standard gauge:

5,214 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2003)

total:

3,125 km

standard gauge:

3,125 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2003)

total:

470 km

broad gauge:

470 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)

1,810 km

broad gauge:

1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2004)

total:

59 km

narrow gauge:

59 km 0.762-m gauge (2003)

total:

8,163 km

broad gauge:

7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

445 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

87,157 km

broad gauge:

86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island)

note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries (2003)

total:

1,449 km

broad gauge:

1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2003)

total:

482 km

broad gauge:

482 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,440 km

broad gauge:

2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,950 km

broad gauge:

3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2003)

total:

950 km

narrow gauge:

950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2003)

total:

4,226 km

standard gauge:

4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)

note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2003)

total:

1,743 km

standard gauge:

375 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

142 km 0.762-m gauge

note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076-m, 0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges (2003)

total:

283 km

narrow gauge:

283 km 0.914-m gauge

note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2003)

total:

886 km

narrow gauge:

886 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)

total:

699 km

narrow gauge:

279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)

total:

272 km

standard gauge:

272 km 1.435-m gauge

note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)

total:

6 km

narrow gauge:

6 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

355 km

standard gauge:

76 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

279 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)

total:

96 km

narrow gauge:

96 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

50 km

narrow gauge:

50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations during harvest season (2003)

total:

447 km

standard gauge:

447 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

6,021 km (3,552 km electrified)

standard gauge:

5,565 km 1.435-m gauge (3,430 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

34 km 1.000-m gauge (28 km electrified); 422 km 0.760-m gauge (94 km electrified) (2003)

total:

5,523 km

broad gauge:

5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2003)

total:

3,518 km

standard gauge:

3,518 km 1.435-m gauge (2,631 km electrified) (2003)

total:

1,021 km (795 km electrified)

standard gauge:

1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

4,294 km

standard gauge:

4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

245 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,726 km

standard gauge:

2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (984 km electrified) (2003)

total:

9,520 km

standard gauge:

9,421 km 1.435-m gauge (2,893 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

99 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,002 km

standard gauge:

3,002 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified) (2003)

total:

958 km

broad gauge:

958 km 1.520-m/1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified)

note: gauge being increased from 1.520-m to 1.524-m to reduce wear on wheels and rail as lines are modernized (2003)

total:

222,293 km

broad gauge:

28,438 km

standard gauge:

186,405 km

narrow gauge:

7,427 km

other:

23 km (2003)

total:

5,851 km

broad gauge:

5,851 km 1.524-m gauge (2,400 km electrified) (2003)

total:

32,175 km

standard gauge:

32,008 km 1.435-m gauge (14,320 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

167 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

46,039 km (20,100 km electrified)

standard gauge:

45,801 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,571 km (764 km electrified)

standard gauge:

1,565 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge

dual gauge:

23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2003)

total:

7,937 km

broad gauge:

36 km 1.524-m gauge

standard gauge:

7,682 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

219 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,312 km

broad gauge:

1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2003)

total:

61 km (35 km electrified) (2003)

total:

19,507 km (11,651 km electrified)

standard gauge:

18,070 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

123 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,314 km 0.950-m gauge (188 km electrified) (2003)

total:

2,303 km

broad gauge:

2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

33 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)

total:

1,998 km

broad gauge:

1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)

standard gauge:

22 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

169 km 0.750-m gauge (all service suspended) (2003)

total:

274 km

standard gauge:

274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2003)

total:

1,138 km

broad gauge:

1,124 km 1.520-m gauge

standard gauge:

14 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,808 km

standard gauge:

2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2003)

total:

699 km

standard gauge:

699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2003)

total:

4,077 km

standard gauge:

4,077 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified) (2003)

total:

23,852 km

broad gauge:

629 km 1.524-m gauge

standard gauge:

23,223 km 1.435-m gauge (11,962 km electrified) (2003)

total:

2,850 km

broad gauge:

2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

274 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)

standard gauge:

10,898 km 1.435-m gauge

broad gauge:

60 km 1.524-m gauge

narrow gauge:

427 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)

total:

4,380 km

standard gauge:

4,380 km 1.435-m gauge (1,445 km electrified) (2003)

total:

3,661 km

broad gauge:

100 km 1.520-m gauge

standard gauge:

3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

49 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2003)

total:

1,201 km

standard gauge:

1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (499 km electrified) (2003)

total:

14,268 km (7,718 km electrified)

broad gauge:

11,804 km 1.668-m gauge (6,409 km electrified)

standard gauge:

526 km 1.435-m gauge (526 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,910 km 1.000-m gauge (755 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2003)

total:

11,481 km

standard gauge:

11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2003)

total:

4,533 km

standard gauge:

3,483 km 1.435-m gauge (3,472 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

1,004 km 1.000-m gauge (974 km electrified); 46 km 0.800-m gauge (46 km electrified) (2003)

total:

22,473 km

broad gauge:

22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2003)

total:

17,186 km

standard gauge:

16,726 km 1.435-m gauge (5,243 km electrified)

broad gauge:

460 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) (2003)

total:

7,203 km

broad gauge:

94 km 1.676-m gauge

standard gauge:

7,109 km 1.435-m gauge (189 km electrified) (2003)

total:

1,963 km

standard gauge:

1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

640 km

standard gauge:

640 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

505 km

narrow gauge:

505 km 1.050-m gauge (2003)

total:

401 km

standard gauge:

319 km 1.435-m

narrow gauge:

82 km 1.050-m

note: rail system was unusable because of damage during the civil war in the 1980s; short sections are operable (2003)

total:

1,392 km

standard gauge:

1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2003)

total:

2,711 km

standard gauge:

2,460 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

251 km 1.050-m gauge (2003)

total:

8,671 km

standard gauge:

8,671 km 1.435-m gauge (2,122 km electrified) (2003)

total:

48,909 km

standard gauge:

48,909 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

19,510 km

standard gauge:

19,510 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

228,464 km

standard gauge:

228,464 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

44,015 km (5,290 km electrified)

broad gauge:

1,957 km 1.600-m gauge

standard gauge:

27,095 km 1.435-m gauge (2,828 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

14,957 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)

dual gauge:

213 km dual gauge (2003)

total:

597 km

narrow gauge:

597 km 0.600-m gauge

note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2003)

total:

3,898 km

narrow gauge:

3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2003)

total:

34,091 km (167 km electrified)

broad gauge:

20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)

standard gauge:

2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

10,375 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,519 km

narrow gauge:

3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

29,412 km (1,610 km electrified)

broad gauge:

4,907 km 1.600-m gauge (942 km electrified)

standard gauge:

194 km 1.440-m gauge

narrow gauge:

23,915 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)

dual gauge:

396 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2003)

total:

6,585 km

broad gauge:

2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,304 km

standard gauge:

150 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)

total:

966 km

narrow gauge:

966 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

total:

187 km

standard gauge:

139 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

48 km 0.914-m gauge

note: all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)

total:

441 km

standard gauge:

441 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,462 km

standard gauge:

2,962 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

500 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,073 km

standard gauge:

2,073 km 1.435-m gauge

note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2003)

total:

682 km

standard gauge:

682 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

total:

3,955 km

narrow gauge:

3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

602 km

narrow gauge:

602 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

6,458 km

narrow gauge:

5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,418 km (207 km electrified)

standard gauge:

57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)

narrow gauge:

2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2003)

total:

897 km

narrow gauge:

897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2003)

total:

2,544 km

narrow gauge:

1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)

note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2003)

total:

4,071 km

narrow gauge:

4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total:

2,600 km

standard gauge:

178 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

2,169 km 1.000-m gauge

dual gauge:

253 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (2003)