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Railways Malaysia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Malaysia published Railways in 34 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 2024Published as “Railroads”
- Peninsular Malaysia--1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge;
- 13 km double track, government owned;
- Sabah--136 km 1.000-meter gauge
Peninsular Malaysia--1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned; Sabah--136 km 1.000-meter gauge
The entry for Malaysia did not include Railways.
Published as “Railroads”
- Peninsular Malaysia:
- 1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned
Published as “Railroads”
- Sabah:
- 136 km 1.000-meter gauge
Peninsular Malaysia--1,665 Malaysia:
1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned; Sabah--136 owned
Sabah:
136 km 1.000-meter gauge
Published as “Railroads”
- Peninsular Malaysia:
- 1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned
- Sabah:
- 136 km 1.000-meter gauge
- Sarawak:
- none
Peninsular Malaysia:
1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13 km double track, government owned
Sabah:
136 km 1.000-meter gauge
Sarawak:
none
The entry for Malaysia did not include Railways.
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 1,801 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,665 km; Sabah 136 km; Sarawak 0 km)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,665 km; Sabah 136 km)
Peninsular Malaysia: total: 1,801 km
1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge; 13double track, government owned (Peninsular Malaysia 1,665 km; Sabah 136 km; Sarawak 0Sabah: km)136 narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-meter 1.000-m gauge
Sarawak:none Sabah 136 km)
- total:
- 1,806 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km; Sarawak 0 km)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,806 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km)
total: 1,801 1,806 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,665 1,672 km; Sabah 136 134 km; Sarawak 0
0 km)
narrow gauge: 1,801 1,806 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,665 1,672 km;
Sabah 136 134 km)
- total:
- 1,806 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km; Sarawak 0 km)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,806 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km)
total: 1,806 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km; Sarawak
km)
narrow gauge: 1,806 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km;
Sabah 134 km)
- total:
- 1,648 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,648 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified)
total: 1,806 1,648 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km; Sarawak 0km)narrow gauge: 1,806 1,648 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; (148 km electrified)
Sabah 134 km)
- total:
- 1,798 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,798 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (1998 est.)
total: 1,648 1,798 km
narrow gauge: 1,648 1,798 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (1998 est.)
- total:
- 1,801 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2000)
total: 1,798 1,801 km
narrow gauge: 1,798 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (1998 est.) (2000)
- total:
- 1,801 km narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2000)
total: 1,801 km
- total:
- 1,801 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2001)
total: 1,801 km
narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2000) (2001)
- total:
- 2,418 km
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2002)
total: 1,801 2,418 km
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,801 2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (148 (150 km electrified) (2001) (2002)
- 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: 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) (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 1,890 km (207 km electrified)
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2004)
total: 2,418 1,890 km (207 km electrified)
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 2,361 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2003) (2004)
- 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) (2005)
total: 1,890 km (207 km electrified)
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- 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)
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) (2005) (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 1,849 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2008)
total: 1,890
1,849 km
country comparison to the world:
75
standard gauge:
57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,833
1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2006) (2008)
- total:
- 1,849 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2010)
total:
1,849 km
country comparison to the world:
75
standard gauge:
57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 1,849 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2008)
total:
1,849 km
country comparison to the world:
75
standard gauge:
57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2010) (2008)
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- total:
- 1,849 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
- standard gauge:
- 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2010)
total:
1,849 km
country comparison to the world:
75
standard gauge:
57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 1,849 km
- standard gauge:
- 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
total:country comparison to the world:standard gauge:
75
57(57 (59 km electrified)
narrow gauge:(150 (339 km electrified) (2010) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 75
- total:
- 1,849 km
- standard gauge:
- 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 74
total: 1,849 km
standard gauge: 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 75 74
- total:
- 1,851 km
- standard gauge:
- 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
total: 1,849 1,851 km
standard gauge: 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 74 75
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- 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: 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)
country comparison to the world: 75
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 1,851 km (2014)
- standard gauge:
- 59 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,792 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified)
total: 1,851 km (2014)
standard gauge: 59 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified) (2014)
narrow gauge: 1,792 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Malaysia: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/malaysia/railways.