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Railways Portugal, in 36 editions.
The entry for Portugal published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 25 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 25
- 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”
- 3,613 km total;
- state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
3,613 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,613 km total;
- state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
3,613 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km
1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km
1.000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track,
privately owned
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,625 km total;
- state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
3,613 3,625 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km
1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km
1.000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track,
privately owned
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,625 km total;
- state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge;
- 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
3,625 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates
2,858 km
track), 755 km
electrified, double track,
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 3,068 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (439 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 307 km 1.000-m gauge
Rewritten: too little of the 1994 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 3,068 km
broad gauge: 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (439 km electrified; 426 km double
track)
narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gauge
- total:
- 3,068 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (464 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 307 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in 1992, Portugal had 3,588 km of track of which 464 km were electrified
total: 3,068 km
broad gauge: 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (439 (464 km electrified; 426 km double
double track)
narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in 1992, Portugal had 3,588 km of track of which 464 km were
electrified
- total:
- 3,068 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (464 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 307 km 1.000-m gauge
note : in 1994, Portugal had 3,520 km of track of which 464 km were electrified
total: 3,068 km
broad gauge: 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (464 km electrified; 426 km
track)
narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gaugenote: note : in 1992, 1994, Portugal had 3,588 3,520 km of track of which 464 km were
electrified
- total:
- 3,072 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,769 km 1.668-m gauge (528 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 303 km 1.000-m gauge (1996)
total: 3,068 3,072 km
broad gauge: 2,761 2,769 km 1.668-m gauge (464 (528 km electrified; 426 km double
track)
narrow gauge: 307 303 km 1.000-m gauge
note : in 1994, Portugal had 3,520 km of track of which 464 km were
electrified
- total:
- 3,072 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,769 km 1.668-m gauge (528 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 303 km 1.000-m gauge (1996)
total: 3,072 km
broad gauge: 2,769 km 1.668-m gauge (528 km electrified; 426 km double
double track)
narrow gauge: 303 km 1.000-m gauge (1996)
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
total: 3,072 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,769 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (528 (623 km electrified; 426 km
narrow gauge: 303 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1996) (1998)
- total:
- 2,850 km broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track) narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
total: 2,850 km
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double-tracked)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2001)
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track) double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998) (2001)
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double-tracked) electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2001) (2002)
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 2,850 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- 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)
total: 2,850 2,786 km
broad gauge: 2,576 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (623 (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) (2006)
- total:
- 2,786 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 58
- broad gauge:
- 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total:
2,786 km
country comparison to the world:
58
broad gauge:
2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) (2008)
- total:
- 2,786 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 59
- broad gauge:
- 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total:
2,786 km
country comparison to the world:58 59
broad gauge:
2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
183 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
- total:
- 3,319 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 53
- broad gauge:
- 2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,436 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2010)
total:2,786 3,319 km
country comparison to the world:59 53
broad gauge:2,603 2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 (1,436 km electrified)
narrow gauge:183 192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2008) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 3,319 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 53
- broad gauge:
- 2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,436 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2008)
total:
3,319 km
country comparison to the world:
53
broad gauge:
2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,436 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2010) (2008)
- total:
- 3,075.1 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge
- other:
- 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 53
total:
3,319country comparison to the world:broad gauge:
53
2,700(1,436 (1,633.4 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
192gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2008)
other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 53
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- total:
- 3,075.1 km
- broad gauge:
- 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge
- other:
- 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 58
total: 3,075.1 km
broad gauge: 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge
other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 53 58
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- 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: 3,075.1 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)
narrow gauge: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge
other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 58
- total:
- 3,075.1 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
- 108.1 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge
- broad gauge:
- 2,439 km (2014) 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified)
- other:
- 528 km (2014) (gauge unspecified)
total: 3,075 3,075.1 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 108.1 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (2014)
broad gauge: 2,439 km (2014) 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified) (2014)
other: 528 km (2014) (gauge unspecified) (2014)
The same text in 3 editions, 2023 to 2025.
- total:
- 2,526 km (2020) 1,696 km electrified
Rewritten: too little of the 2022 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 2,526 km (2020) 1,696 km electrified
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Portugal: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/portugal/railways.