Railways In 36 editions of 36.

total:

1,148,186 km (2013)

total:

3,973 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,888 km 1.432-m gauge (283 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,852 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

2,729 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

123 km 0.600-m gauge

total:

438 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

888 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

888 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

622 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

622 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire

total:

987 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

987 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

note: railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL

total:

4,007 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014)

125 1.000-m gauge

total:

510 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

510 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

660 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

660 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

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

total:

97 km (Djibouti segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) (2017)

standard gauge:

97 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

total:

5,085 km (2014)

standard gauge:

5,085 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2014)

total:

306 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018)

total:

301 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

301 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017)

standard gauge:

659 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor

total:

649 km (2014)

standard gauge:

649 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

947 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

947 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,086 km (2017)

standard gauge:

279 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge:

807 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)

total:

3,819 km (2018)

standard gauge:

485 km 1.435-m gauge (2018)

narrow gauge:

3,334 km 1.000-m gauge (2018)

total:

429 km (2008)

standard gauge:

345 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)

narrow gauge:

84 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)

note: most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt

total:

836 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

836 km 1.000-m gauge (2018)

total:

767 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

593 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

593 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

728 km (2014)

standard gauge:

728 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,067 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,067 km 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified) (2014)

total:

4,787 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,628 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

2,628 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

total:

3,798 km (2014)

standard gauge:

293 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced

total:

906 km (713 km operational in 2017) (2017)

narrow gauge:

906 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)

total:

20,986 km (2014)

standard gauge:

80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) (2014)

other:

1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014)

total:

248 km (2018)

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational

total:

7,251 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations

total:

4,567 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

2707 km 1.000-m gauge

total:

568 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

568 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,173 km (1,991 in use) (2014)

standard gauge:

471 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,694 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014)

dual gauge:

8 km 1.435-1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,244 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

3,126 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,126 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)

total:

3,427 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,427 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2014)

total:

780 km (2014)

broad gauge:

780 km 1.520-m gauge (780 km electrified) (2014)

note: 726 km operational

total:

2,944 km (2017)

broad gauge:

2,944.3 km 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified) (2017)

total:

2,460 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

659 km 1.676-m gauge (2014)

total:

131,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 29,000 high-speed (2018)

total:

1,363 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2014)

broad gauge:

1,326 km 1.520-m gauge (1,251 km electrified) (2014)

total:

68,525 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,604 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

63,950 km (39, 329 km electrified) (2014)

total:

27,311 km (2015)

standard gauge:

4,800 km 1.435-m gauge (4,800 km electrified) (2015)

narrow gauge:

124 km 1.372-m gauge (124 km electrified) (2015)

dual gauge:

132 km 1.435-1.067-m gauge (132 km electrified) (2015)

22.207 km 1.067-m gauge (15,430 km electrified)

48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified)

total:

16,614 km (2017)

broad gauge:

16,614 km 1.520-m gauge (4,200 km electrified) (2017)

total:

7,435 km (2014)

standard gauge:

7,435 km 1.435-m gauge (5,400 km electrified) (2014)

note: figures are approximate; some narrow-gauge railway also exists

total:

3,979 km (2016)

standard gauge:

3,979 km 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified) (2016)

total:

424 km (2018)

broad gauge:

424 km 1.520-m gauge (2018)

total:

1,815 km (2017)

broad gauge:

1,815 km 1.520-m gauge (2017)

note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway

total:

59 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

59 km 0.762-m gauge (2018)

total:

11,881 km (2019)

narrow gauge:

389 km 1.000-m gauge (2019)

broad gauge:

11,492 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified) (2019)

total:

87,157 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island) (2014)

broad gauge:

86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified) (2014)

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

total:

1,562 km (2016)

broad gauge:

1,562 km 1.676-m gauge (2016)

total:

680 km (2014)

broad gauge:

680 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)

total:

5,113 km (2017)

broad gauge:

5,113 km 1.520-m gauge (2017)

total:

4,642 km (2018)

broad gauge:

4,642 km 1.520-m gauge (1,684 km electrified) (2018)

total:

278 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

278 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated

total:

8,125 km (2017)

standard gauge:

8,195 km 1.435-m gauge (124 km electrified) (2017)

narrow gauge:

172 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)

note: As of 2013, 70 km of standard gauge and 12 km of narrow gauge track were not for public use

total:

496 km (2014)

standard gauge:

354 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

142 km 0.762-m gauge (2014)

total:

13 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)

total:

800 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

800 km 0.914-m gauge (2018)

note: despite the existence of a railway network, all rail service was suspended in 2007 and no passenger or freight train currently runs in the country (2018)

total:

699 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

164 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

115 km 1.057-m gauge

420 km 0.914-m gauge

total:

77 km (2014)

standard gauge:

77 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

50 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2008)

total:

677 km (447 km of major railway lines and 230 km of secondary lines) (2015)

standard gauge:

677 km 1.435-m gauge (2015)

total:

5,800 km (2017)

standard gauge:

5,300 km 1.435-m gauge (3,826 km electrified) (2016)

total:

5,528 km (2014)

standard gauge:

25 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

5,503 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) (2014)

total:

3,592 km (2014)

standard gauge:

3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)

total:

965 km (2014)

standard gauge:

965 km 1.435-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2014)

total:

5,114 km (2014)

standard gauge:

4,989 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,722 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (980 km electrified) (2014)

total:

9,408 km (2017)

standard gauge:

9,385 km 1.435-m gauge (3,218 km electrified) (2017)

narrow gauge:

23 km 0.760-m gauge (2017)

total:

3,476 km (2017)

standard gauge:

3,476 km 1.435-m gauge (1,756 km electrified) (2017)

total:

2,146 km (2016)

broad gauge:

2,146 km 1.520-m and 1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified) (2016)

note: includes 1,510 km public and 636 km non-public railway

total:

230,548 km (2013)

total:

5,926 km (2016)

broad gauge:

5,926 km 1.524-m gauge (3,270 km electrified) (2016)

total:

29,640 km (2014)

standard gauge:

29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014)

total:

33,590 km (2017)

standard gauge:

33,331 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified) (2015)

narrow gauge:

220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified)

• 15 km 0.900-m gauge, 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2015)

total:

2,548 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

961 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

22 0.750-m gauge

total:

8,049 km (2014)

standard gauge:

7,794 km 1.435-m gauge (2,889 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

219 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

36 km 1.524-m gauge (2014)

total:

4,301 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2018)

broad gauge:

2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018)

total:

63 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

6 km 1.076-m gauge (6 km electrified) (2008)

57 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified) note: primarily summer tourist attractions

total:

20,182 km (2014)

standard gauge:

18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified) (2014)

1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified)

total:

333 km (2015)

standard gauge:

333 km 1.435-m gauge (2015)

total:

1,860 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

34 km 0.750-m gauge (2018)

broad gauge:

1,826 km 1.520-m gauge (2018)

total:

9 km (2018)

standard gauge:

9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) (2018)

note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland

total:

1,768 km (2014)

standard gauge:

22 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

1,746 km 1.520-m gauge (122 km electrified) (2014)

total:

275 km (2014)

standard gauge:

275 km 1.435-m gauge (275 km electrified) (2014)

total:

1,171 km (2014)

standard gauge:

14 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

1,157 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)

note: Monaco has a single railway station but does not operate its own train service; the French operator SNCF operates rail services in Monaco

total:

250 km (2017)

standard gauge:

250 km 1.435-m gauge (224 km electrified) (2017)

total:

3,058 km (2016)

standard gauge:

3,058 km 1.435-m gauge (2,314 km electrified) (2016)

total:

925 km (2017)

standard gauge:

925 km 1.435-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2017)

total:

4,200 km (2019)

standard gauge:

4,200 km 1.435-m gauge (2,480 km electrified) (2019)

total:

19,231 km (2016)

standard gauge:

18,836 km 1.435-m gauge (11,874 km electrified) (2016)

broad gauge:

395 km 1.524-m gauge (2016)

total:

3,075 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

108.1 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified) (2014)

other:

528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)

total:

11,268 km (2014)

standard gauge:

10,781 km 1.435-m gauge (3,292 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

427 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

60 km 1.524-m gauge (2014)

total:

3,809 km (2015)

standard gauge:

3,809 km 1.435-m gauge (3,526 km one-track lines and 283 km double-track lines) out of which 1,279 km electrified (1,000 km one-track lines and 279 km double-track lines) (2015)

total:

3,580 km (2016)

standard gauge:

3,435 km 1.435-m gauge (1,587 km electrified) (2016)

narrow gauge:

46 km 1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge (2016)

broad gauge:

99 km 1.520-m gauge (2016)

total:

1,229 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2014)

total:

15,333 km (9,699 km electrified) (2017)

standard gauge:

2,571 km 1.435-m gauge (2,571 km electrified) (2017)

narrow gauge:

1,207 km 1.000-m gauge (400 km electrified) (2017)

broad gauge:

11,333 km 1.668-m gauge (6,538 km electrified) (2017)

mixed gauge:

• 190 km 1.668-m and 1.435m gage (190.1 km electrified);
• 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified);
• 4 km 0.600-m gauge

total:

14,127 km (2016)

standard gauge:

14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)

narrow gauge:

65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)

total:

5,690 km (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015)

standard gauge:

3,836 km 1.435-m gauge (3,634 km electrified) (2015)

narrow gauge:

1,630 km 1.200-m gauge (2 km electrified) (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015)

1188 km 1.000-m gauge (1,167.3 km electrified)

36 km 0.800-m gauge (36.4 km electrified)

total:

21,733 km (2014)

standard gauge:

49 km 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified) (2014)

broad gauge:

21,684 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2014)

total:

16,837 km (2015)

standard gauge:

16,534 km 1.435-m gauge (5,357 km electrified) (2015)

broad gauge:

303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) (2015)

total:

8,484 km (2014)

standard gauge:

8,389.5 km 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified) (2014)

broad gauge:

94 km 1.676-m gauge (2014)

total:

2,272 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,599 km (2019) (2014)

standard gauge:

1,384 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,596 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

509 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)

total:

401 km (2017)

standard gauge:

319 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge:

82 km 1.050-m gauge (2017)

note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006

total:

5,410 km (2016)

standard gauge:

5,410 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2016)

total:

2,052 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,801 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)

total:

12,710 km (2018)

standard gauge:

11,497 km 1.435-m gauge (1.435 km high speed train) (2018)

total:

77,932 km note: 129 km electrified (2021) (2014)

standard gauge:

77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

20,825 km (2017)

standard gauge:

20,825 km 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) (2017)

total:

293,564 km (2014)

standard gauge:

293,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

33,343 km (2015)

standard gauge:

17,446 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified) (2015)

narrow gauge:

12,318 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2015)

broad gauge:

3,247 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified) (2015)

total:

597 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

597 km 0.600-m gauge (2008)

note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December

total:

4,128 km (2018)

narrow gauge:

4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2018)

total:

36,917 km (2014)

standard gauge:

2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified) (2014)

258 km 0.750-m gauge

total:

3,960 km (2019)

narrow gauge:

3,960 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

29,850 km (2014)

standard gauge:

194 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014)

broad gauge:

5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) (2014)

dual gauge:

492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge (2014)

total:

7,282 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

3,853.5 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge:

3,428 km 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified) (2014)

total:

2,141 km (2015)

standard gauge:

150 km 1.435-m gauge (2015)

narrow gauge:

1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015)

total:

965 km (2017)

narrow gauge:

965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)

note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains

total:

30 km (2014)

standard gauge:

30 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,854 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,730.4 km 1.435-m gauge (34 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

124 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)

total:

1,673 km (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km) (2016)

standard gauge:

1,673 km 1.435-m gauge (2016)

total:

447 km (2014)

standard gauge:

447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014)

total:

5,031 km (2008)

narrow gauge:

5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

total:

642 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

642 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

note: under restoration

total:

18 km (2017)

standard gauge:

18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017)

note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place

total:

8,159 km (2014)

narrow gauge:

8,159 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2014)

note: 4,816 km operational

total:

1,851 km (2014)

standard gauge:

59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge:

1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)

total:

77 km (2017)

standard gauge:

49 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge:

28 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)

total:

1,613 km (2018)

standard gauge:

345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)

narrow gauge:

1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018)

150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower

total:

4,127 km (2017)

standard gauge:

84 km 1.435-m gauge (84 km electrified) (2017)

narrow gauge:

4,043 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)

total:

2,600 km (2014)

standard gauge:

178 km 1.435-m gauge; 253 km mixed gauge (2014)

narrow gauge:

2,169 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)