The CIA World Factbook Edition 2007 Transportation
Railways In 36 editions of 36.
Railways was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2007 edition carries it in 138 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2007 edition
- 138
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Railways” (1996 to 2025) and “Railroads” (1990 to 1995).
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World
1 entryAfrica
37 entriesAlgeria
- 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 (2006)
Burkina Faso
- total:
- 622 km
- narrow gauge:
- 622 km 1.000-m gauge
- note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 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 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 894 km
- narrow gauge:
- 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire
- total:
- 660 km
- narrow gauge:
- 660 km 1.000 meter gauge
note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2006)
Djibouti
- 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 (2006)
Ethiopia
- total:
- 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
- narrow gauge:
- 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2006)
Liberia
- total:
- 490 km
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: railway is inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war (2006)
Libya
0 km
note: Libya is working on seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track; it hopes to have trains running by 2008 (2006)
South Africa
- total:
- 20,872 km
- narrow gauge:
- 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Sudan
- total:
- 5,978 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
Tunisia
- total:
- 2,153 km
- standard gauge:
- 471 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)
- dual gauge:
- 8 km 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2006)
Zambia
- total:
- 2,157 km
- narrow gauge:
- 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2006)
Asia
19 entriesArmenia
- total:
- 839 km
- broad gauge:
- 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)
note: some lines are out of service (2006)
Bangladesh
- total:
- 2,768 km
- broad gauge:
- 946 km 1.676-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Georgia
- total:
- 1,612 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2006)
India
- total:
- 63,221 km
- broad gauge:
- 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Japan
- total:
- 23,474 km
- standard gauge:
- 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified);
- 20,182 km 1.067-m gauge (13,334 km electrified);
- 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2006)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 5,214 km
- standard gauge:
- 5,214 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 3,472 km
- standard gauge:
- 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)
Pakistan
- total:
- 8,163 km
- broad gauge:
- 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Russia
- 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 (2006)
Central America and the Caribbean
10 entriesCosta Rica
- total:
- 278 km
- narrow gauge:
- 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)
Cuba
- 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 (2006)
Dominican Republic
- total:
- 517 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 (2006)
El Salvador
- total:
- 562 km
- narrow gauge:
- 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 50 km
- narrow gauge:
- 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)
Europe
39 entriesAustria
- total:
- 6,383 km
- standard gauge:
- 5,924 km 1.435-m gauge (3,772 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 371 km 1.000-m gauge; 88 km 0.760-m gauge (25 km electrified) (2006)
Belarus
- total:
- 5,512 km
- broad gauge:
- 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 15 km 1.435 m (2006)
Bulgaria
- 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 (2006)
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total:
- 9,597 km
- standard gauge:
- 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
European Union
- total:
- 236,656 km
- broad gauge:
- 28,240 km
- standard gauge:
- 200,532 km
- narrow gauge:
- 7,861 km
- other:
- 23 km (2006)
France
- total:
- 29,370 km
- standard gauge:
- 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Germany
- total:
- 48,215 km
- standard gauge:
- 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Greece
- total:
- 2,571 km
- standard gauge:
- 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified)
- 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) (2006)
Hungary
- total:
- 8,057 km
- broad gauge:
- 36 km 1.524-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
Ireland
- total:
- 3,237 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 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) (2006)
Isle of Man
- total:
- 65 km
- standard gauge:
- 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified)
note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2006)
Italy
- total:
- 19,460 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2006)
Latvia
- total:
- 2,303 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Liechtenstein
9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006)
Lithuania
- total:
- 1,771 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,749 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Moldova
- total:
- 1,138 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Macedonia now North Macedonia
- total:
- 699 km
- standard gauge:
- 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)
Poland
- total:
- 23,072 km
- broad gauge:
- 629 km 1.524-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational; 11,910 km electrified) (2006)
Portugal
- total:
- 2,786 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Romania
- total:
- 11,385 km
- broad gauge:
- 60 km 1.524-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge (3,888 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
Slovakia
- total:
- 3,662 km
- broad gauge:
- 100 km 1.520-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006)
Spain
- total:
- 14,974 km
- broad gauge:
- 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 1,099 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,928 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2006)
Switzerland
- total:
- 4,839 km
- standard gauge:
- 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 16,567 km
- broad gauge:
- 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
- standard gauge:
- 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006)
Middle East
8 entriesIran
- total:
- 8,367 km
- broad gauge:
- 94 km 1.676-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006)
Lebanon
- total:
- 401 km
- standard gauge:
- 319 km 1.435 m
- narrow gauge:
- 82 km 1.050 m
note: rail system became unusable because of damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 1,392 km
- standard gauge:
- 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006)
Syria
- total:
- 2,711 km
- standard gauge:
- 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 8,697 km
- standard gauge:
- 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006)
North America
3 entriesOceania
3 entriesAustralia
- total:
- 38,550 km
- broad gauge:
- 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge
- standard gauge:
- 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified)
- dual gauge:
- 230 km dual gauge (2006)
Fiji
- 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) (2006)
South America
10 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 31,902 km
- broad gauge:
- 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Brazil
- total:
- 29,295 km
- broad gauge:
- 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 194 km 1.440-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 23,773 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) (2006)
Chile
- 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 (2006)
Colombia
- total:
- 3,304 km
- standard gauge:
- 150 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Uruguay
- 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 (2006)
Southeast Asia
8 entriesIndonesia
- total:
- 6,458 km
- narrow gauge:
- 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,890 km
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2006)
Taiwan
- total:
- 2,502 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2006)
Vietnam
- 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 (2006)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2007, “Railways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/railways/2007.