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Railways Sudan, in 36 editions.
The entry for Sudan published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 22 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 22
- 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”
5,500 km total; 4,784 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line
5,500 km total; 4,784 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line
Published as “Railroads”
5,500 km total; 4,784 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line
5,500 km total; 4,784 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge
plantation line
The same text in 1993 and 1994.
Published as “Railroads”
5,516 km total; 4,800 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line
5,500 5,516 km total; 4,784 4,800 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge
plantation line
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 5,516 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line
total: 5,516 km total;
narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-meter gauge, 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge1.6096-m gauge plantation
line
- total:
- 5,516 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line
total: 5,516 km
narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation
plantation line
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
- total:
- 5,516 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line
total: 5,516 km
narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge
line
- total:
- 5,516 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line
total: 5,516 km
narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation
plantation line
- total:
- 5,311 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line
note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic
total: 5,516 5,311 km
narrow gauge: 4,800 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge
note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic
- total:
- 5,311 km narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge;
- 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic
total: 5,311 km
- total:
- 5,995 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge plantation line
note: the 1.067-m line from Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic; the 0.600-m gauge system serves Sudan's cotton plantations with over 120 collecting stations (2001)
total: 5,311 5,995 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 1,400 km 1.6096-m 0.600-m gauge plantation line
note: the main 1.067-m line linking from Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic traffic; the 0.600-m gauge system serves Sudan's cotton plantations with over 120 collecting stations (2001)
- total:
- 5,978 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge plantation line (2002)
Rewritten: too little of the 2002 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge plantation line (2002)
- total:
- 5,978 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km .600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2003)
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m .600-m gauge plantation line (2002) for cotton plantations (2003)
- total:
- 5,995 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km .600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2004)
total: 5,978 5,995 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km .600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 5,978 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2005)
total: 5,995 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km .600-m 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- total:
- 5,978 km
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2005) (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 5,978 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 30
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2008)
total:
5,978 km
country comparison to the world:
30
narrow gauge:
4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006) (2008)
- total:
- 5,978 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 30
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2010)
total:
5,978 km
country comparison to the world:
30
narrow gauge:
4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2008) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 5,978 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 30
- narrow gauge:
- 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2008)
total:
5,978 km
country comparison to the world:
30
narrow gauge:
4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2010) (2008)
- total:
- 7,251 km
- narrow gauge:
- 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 30
total:
5,978country comparison to the world:narrow gauge:
30
4,578(2008) (20014)
country comparison to the world: 30
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- total:
- 7,251 km
- narrow gauge:
- 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 31
total: 7,251 km
narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
country comparison to the world: 30 31
- total:
- 7,251 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
1400 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations
total: 7,251 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km gauge (2014)
1400 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
country comparison to the world: 31
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- 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: 7,251 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)1400 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 7,251 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
5,851 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge
1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations
total: 7,251 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 5,851 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (2014)
1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Sudan: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/sudan/railways.