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Railways Italy, in 36 editions.
The entry for Italy published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 24 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 24
- 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”
- 20,011 km total;
- 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified);
- 3,945 km privately owned--2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)
20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned--2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Railroads”
- 20,011 km total;
- 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified);
- 3,945 km privately owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)
20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge
(8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned--2,100 owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter
standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge
(380 km electrified)
Published as “Railroads”
- 20,011 km total;
- 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified);
- 3,945 km privately owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)
20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge
(8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter
1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km
0.950-meter narrow gauge
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 19,503 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,230 km 1.435-m gauge (10,499 km electrified; 2,112 km privately owned)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,273 km 0.950-m to 1.000-m gauge (224 km electrified; 1,273 km privately owned)
Rewritten: too little of the 1994 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 19,503 km
standard gauge: 18,230 km 1.435-m gauge (10,499 km electrified; 2,112
km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 1,273 km 0.950-m to 1.000-m gauge (224 km electrified;
1,273 km privately owned)
- total:
- 18,961 km
- standard gauge:
- 17,981 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,118 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,560 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km electrified); 867 km 0.950-m gauge (144 km electrified)
total: 19,503 18,961 km
standard gauge: 18,230 17,981 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS)
operates 16,118 km of the total standard gauge (10,499 routes (10,560 km electrified; 2,112km privately owned) electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,273 113 km 0.950-m to 1.000-m gauge (224 (113 km electrified; electrified); 867 km1,273 0.950-m gauge (144 km privately owned) electrified)
- total :
- 18,961 km
- standard gauge:
- 17,981 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,118 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,560 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km electrified); 867 km 0.950-m gauge (144 km electrified)
total: total : 18,961 km
standard gauge: 17,981 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS)
operates 16,118 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,560 km
electrified)
narrow gauge: 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km electrified); 867 km
0.950-m gauge (144 km electrified)
- total:
- 19,437 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,103 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 15,942 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,299 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 56 km 1.000-m gauge (56 km electrified); 1,278 km 0.950-m gauge (19 km electrified) (1996)
total : 18,961 total: 19,437 km
standard gauge: 17,981 18,103 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS)
operates 16,118 15,942 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,560 (11,299 km
electrified)
narrow gauge: 113 56 km 1.000-m gauge (113 (56 km electrified); 867 1,278 km
0.950-m gauge (144 (19 km electrified) (1996)
- total:
- 19,272 km
- standard gauge:
- 17,983 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 15,942 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,889 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,177 km 0.950-m gauge (19 km electrified) (1996)
total: 19,437 19,272 km
standard gauge: 18,103 17,983 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS)
operates 15,942 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,299 (10,889 km
electrified)
narrow gauge: 56 112 km 1.000-m gauge (56 (112 km electrified); 1,278 1,177 km
0.950-m gauge (19 km electrified) (1996)
- 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)
total: 19,272 19,394 km
standard gauge: 17,983 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS)15,942 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (10,889 (11,322 km
narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,177 1,211 km(19 (153 km electrified) (1996) (1998)
- 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)
total: 19,394 km
- total:
- 19,786 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,761 km 1.435-m gauge (11,251 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km electrified); 912 km 0.950-m gauge (192 km electrified) (2001)
total: 19,394 19,786 km
standard gauge: 18,071 18,761 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 (11,251 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 112 113 km 1.000-m gauge (112 (113 km electrified); 1,211 912 km 0.950-m gauge (153 (192 km electrified) (1998) (2001)
- total:
- 19,493 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,090 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 88 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,315 km 0.950-m gauge (189 km electrified) (2002)
total: 19,786 19,493 km
standard gauge: 18,761 18,090 km 1.435-m gauge (11,251 (11,375 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 113 88 km 1.000-m gauge (113 (88 km electrified); 912 1,315 km 0.950-m gauge (192 (189 km electrified) (2001) (2002)
- 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: 19,493 19,507 km (11,651 km electrified)
standard gauge: 18,090 18,070 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 88 123 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,315 1,314 km 0.950-m gauge (189 (188 km electrified) (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 19,319 km (11,613 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 18,001 km 1.435-m gauge (11,333 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,195 km 0.950-m gauge (158 km electrified) (2004)
total: 19,507 19,319 km (11,651 (11,613 km electrified)
standard gauge: 18,070 18,001 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 (11,333 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (88 (122 km electrified); 1,314 1,195 km 0.950-m gauge (188 (158 km electrified) (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 19,459 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,037 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2005)
total: 19,319 km (11,613 19,459 km electrified)
standard gauge: 18,001 18,037 km 1.435-m gauge (11,333 (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,195 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (158 (161 km electrified) (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- 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)
total: 19,459 19,460 km
standard gauge: 18,037 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 (123 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2005) (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 19,729 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 15
- standard gauge:
- 18,317 km 1.435-m gauge (12,458 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified);
- 1,058 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified);
- 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2008)
total: 19,460
19,729 km
country comparison to the world:
15
standard gauge: 18,038
18,317 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 (12,458 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 1,058 km 0.950-m gauge (161 (151 km electrified) (2006) electrified); 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2008)
- total:
- 20,254 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 13
- standard gauge:
- 18,611 km 1.435-m gauge (12,662 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified);
- 1,290 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified);
- 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2010)
total:19,729 20,254 km
country comparison to the world:15 13
standard gauge:18,317 18,611 km 1.435-m gauge (12,458 (12,662 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,058 1,290 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified); 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2008) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 20,255 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 13
- standard gauge:
- 18,611 km 1.435-m gauge (12,662 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified);
- 1,290 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified);
- 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2008)
total:20,254 20,255 km
country comparison to the world:
13
standard gauge:
18,611 km 1.435-m gauge (12,662 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,290 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified); 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2010) (2008)
- total:
- 20,181.7 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 13
total:
20,255country comparison to the world:standard gauge:
13
18,611(12,662 (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
123(123 (122.3 km electrified); 1,290 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified); 231 (151.3 km 0.850-m gauge (2008) electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 13
- total:
- 20,181.7 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 15
total: 20,181.7 km
standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 13 15
- total:
- 20,181.7 km
- standard gauge:
- 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 14
total: 20,181.7 km
standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 15 14
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- 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: 20,181.7 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); 1,289.3 km electrified) (2014)
1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 14
- total:
- 18,892.4 km (2014)
- standard gauge:
- 18,770.1 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
122.3 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified)
1289.3 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)
total: 20,182 18,892.4 km (2014)
standard gauge: 18,770.1 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified) (2014)
narrow gauge: 122.3 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified) (2014)
1289.3 0.950-m 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)
The same text in 3 editions, 2023 to 2025.
- total:
18,475 km (2020) 12,936 km electrified
1289.3 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)
Rewritten: too little of the 2022 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 18,475 km (2020) 12,936 km electrified
1289.3 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Italy: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/italy/railways.