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Railways Ireland, in 36 editions.
The entry for Ireland published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 23 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 23
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Railroads” (1990 to 1995) and “Railways” (1996 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Railroads”
- Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge, government owned;
- 485 km double track;
- 38 km electrified
Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge, government owned; 485 km double track; 38 km electrified
Published as “Railroads”
- Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge, government owned;
- 485 km double track;
- 38 km electrified
Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge,
government owned; 485 km double track; 38 km electrified
The same text in 1993 and 1994.
Published as “Railroads”
- Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge, government owned;
- 485 km double track;
- 37 km electrified
Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge,
government owned; 485 km double track; 38 37 km electrified
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 1,947 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (36 km electrified; 485 km double track)
Irish National Railways (CIE) operates total: 1,947 km 1.602-meter gauge,government owned; broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (36 km electrified; 485 km double track; 37 km electrified
track)
- total:
- 1,944 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,944 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1995)
total: 1,947 1,944 km
broad gauge: 1,947 1,944 km 1.600-m gauge (36 (37 km electrified; 485 km double
double track) (1995)
- total:
- 1,947 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1996)
total: 1,944 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,944 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified; 485 km
track) (1995) (1996)
- total:
- 1,947 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1996)
total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (37 (38 km electrified; 485 km double
track) (1996)
- total:
- 1,947 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1996)
total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double
double track) (1996)
- total:
- 1,947 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1998)
total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km(1996) (1998)
- total:
- 1,947 km broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1998)
total: 1,947 km
- total:
- 3,314 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001)
Rewritten: too little of the 2001 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 3,314 km
broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001)
- 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) (2002)
total: 3,314 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,949 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 (46 km double-tracked) electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting briquetting plants) (2001) (2002)
- 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: 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) (2002) (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) (2004)
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) (2004)
- 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) (2005)
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) (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- 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)
total: 3,312 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,947 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (46 (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) (2005) (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 3,237 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 53
- 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) (2008)
total:
3,237 km
country comparison to the world:
53
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) (2008)
The same text in 4 editions, 2011 to 2014.
- total:
- 3,237 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 54
- 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) (2008)
total:
3,237 km
country comparison to the world:53 54
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) (2008)
- total:
- 3,237 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 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) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 54
total:country comparison to the world:broad gauge:
54(37 (49 km electrified)
narrow gauge:(2008) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 54
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- total:
- 3,237 km
- broad gauge:
- 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 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) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 55
total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 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) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 54 55
- total:
- 3,237 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2014)
- broad gauge:
- 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 km electrified) (2014)
total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 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) (2014)country comparison to the world: 55 broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 km electrified) (2014)
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- 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: 3,237 4,301 km (2014) (2018)
narrow gauge: 1,365 1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2014) (2018)
broad gauge: 1,872 2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (49 (53 km electrified) (2014) (2018)
- total:
- 4,301 km (2018)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,930 km (2018) 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants)
- broad gauge:
- 2,371 km (2018) 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified)
total: 4,301 km (2018)
narrow gauge: 1,930 km (2018) 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 (2018) 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018)
The same text in 3 editions, 2023 to 2025.
- total:
- 1,688 km (2020) 53 km electrified
Rewritten: too little of the 2022 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 1,688 km (2020) 53 km electrified
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Ireland: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/ireland/railways.