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Railways Sweden, in 36 editions.
The entry for Sweden published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 26 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 26
- 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”
- 12,000 km total;
- Swedish State Railways (SJ)--10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track;
- 182 km 0.891-meter gauge;
- 117 km rail ferry service;
- privately owned railways--511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified);
- 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
12,000 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ)--10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track; 182 km 0.891-meter gauge; 117 km rail ferry service; privately owned railways--511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified); 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
Published as “Railroads”
- 12,000 km total;
- Swedish State Railways (SJ) - 10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track;
- 182 km 0.891-meter gauge;
- 117 km rail ferry service;
- privately owned railways - 511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified);
- 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
12,000 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ)--10,819 (SJ) - 10,819 km 1.435-meter
standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track; 182 km
0.891-meter gauge; 117 km rail ferry service; privately owned railways--511 railways - 511
km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified); 371 km 0.891-meter gauge
(all electrified)
Published as “Railroads”
- 12,000 km total;
- Swedish State Railways (SJ) - 10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track;
- 182 km 0.891-meter gauge;
- 117 km rail ferry service;
- privately-owned railways - 511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified) and 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
12,000 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ) - 10,819 km 1.435-meter
standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track; 182 km
0.891-meter gauge; 117 km rail ferry service; privately owned privately-owned railways - 511
km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified); electrified) and 371 km 0.891-meter gauge
gauge (all electrified)
Published as “Railroads”
- 12,084 km total;
- Swedish State Railways (SJ) 11,202 km - 10,819 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double track;
- 182 km 0.891-meter gauge;
- 117 km rail ferry service;
- privately-owned railways 882 km - 511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (332 km electrified) and 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
12,000 12,084 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ) 11,202 km - 10,819 km 1.435-meter
1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double
track; 182 km
privately-owned railways 882 km - 511
(332 km electrified) and 371 km 0.891-meter
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 12,000 km (includes 953 km of privately owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 10,742 km 1.435-m gauge (7,502 km electrified and 1,152 km double track); 8 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified; privately owned)
- narrow gauge:
- 61 km 0.891-m gauge (electrified; privately owned)
- other:
- 1,189 km NA-m gauge (1994)
Rewritten: too little of the 1994 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 12,000 km (includes 953 km of privately owned railways)
standard gauge: 10,742 km 1.435-m gauge (7,502 km electrified and
1,152 km double track); 8 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified; privately
owned)
narrow gauge: 61 km 0.891-m gauge (electrified; privately owned)
other: 1,189 km NA-m gauge (1994)
- total:
- 12,624 km (includes 953 km of privately-owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 11,767 km 1.435-m gauge (7,320 km electrified and 1,152 km double track)
- other:
- 857 km NA-m gauge (1995)
total: 12,000 12,624 km (includes 953 km of privately owned privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 10,742 11,767 km 1.435-m gauge (7,502 (7,320 km electrified and
1,152 km double track); 8 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified; privately track)
owned)
narrow gauge: 61 km 0.891-m gauge (electrified; privately owned)
other: 1,189 857 km NA-m gauge (1994) (1995)
- total:
- 12,624 km (includes 953 km of privately-owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 11,767 km 1.435-m gauge (7,320 km electrified and 1,152 km double track)
- other gauge:
- 857 km NA-m gauge (1995)
total: 12,624 km (includes 953 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 11,767 km 1.435-m gauge (7,320 km electrified and
1,152 km double track)other: other gauge: 857 km NA-m gauge (1995)
- total:
- 11,837 km (includes 1,955 km of privately-owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 11,837 km 1.435-m gauge (7,317 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1996)
total: 12,624 11,837 km (includes 953 1,955 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 11,767 11,837 km 1.435-m gauge (7,320 (7,317 km electrified and
1,152 km double track)
other gauge: 857 km NA-m gauge (1995)
- total:
- 13,415 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 13,415 km 1.435-m gauge (7,917 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1996)
total: 11,837 13,415 km (includes 1,955 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 11,837 13,415 km 1.435-m gauge (7,317 (7,917 km electrified and
1,152 km double track) (1996)
- total:
- 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)
- standard gauge:
- 12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1998)
total: 13,415 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 13,415 12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,917 (7,918 km electrified and(1996) (1998)
- total:
- 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately owned railways) standard gauge: 12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1998)
total: 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned privately owned railways)
- total:
- 12,821 km
- standard gauge:
- 12,600 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 221 km 0.891-m gauge (2001)
total: 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately owned railways)
standard gauge: 12,821 12,600 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 electrified)
narrow gauge: 221 km double track) (1998) 0.891-m gauge (2001)
- total:
- 11,481 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2002)
total: 12,821 11,481 km
standard gauge: 12,600 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 (7,527 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 221 km 0.891-m gauge (2001)
- total:
- 11,481 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2003)
total: 11,481 km
standard gauge: 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 11,481 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (9,400 km electrified) (2004)
total: 11,481 km
standard gauge: 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 (9,400 km electrified) (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 11,481 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (9,400 km electrified) (2005)
total: 11,481 km
standard gauge: 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (9,400 km electrified) (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- total:
- 11,528 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)
total: 11,481 11,528 km
standard gauge: 11,481 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (9,400 (7,527 km electrified) (2005) (2006)
- total:
- 11,633 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 20
- standard gauge:
- 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
Rewritten: too little of the 2008 text remains to mark the changes.
total:
11,633 km
country comparison to the world:
20
standard gauge:
11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
- total:
- 11,633 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 20
- standard gauge:
- 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
total:
11,633 km
country comparison to the world:
20
standard gauge:11,528 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
- total:
- 11,633 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 20
- standard gauge:
- 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2010)
total:
11,633 km
country comparison to the world:
20
standard gauge:
11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 (7,567 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 11,633 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 20
- standard gauge:
- 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
total:
11,633 km
country comparison to the world:
20
standard gauge:
11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2010) (2008)
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- total:
- 11,633 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 21
- standard gauge:
- 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
total:
11,633 km
country comparison to the world:20 21
standard gauge:
11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
The same text in 2015 and 2016.
- total:
- 11,915 km
- standard gauge:
- 11,850 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 21
total:
11,633country comparison to the world:standard gauge:
21
11,568
narrow gauge:1.000-m 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 21
- total:
- 14,127 km
- standard gauge:
- 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
- country comparison to the world:
- 21
total: 11,915 14,127 km
standard gauge: 11,850 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 (12,322 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014) (2016)
country comparison to the world: 21
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- total:
- 14,127 km (2016)
- standard gauge:
- 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
total: 14,127 km (2016)
standard gauge: 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)
narrow gauge: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
country comparison to the world: 21
- total:
- 14,127 km (2016)
- standard gauge:
- 14,062 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km (2016) 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified)
total: 14,127 km (2016)
standard gauge: 14,062 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)
narrow gauge: 65 km (2016) 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
The same text in 3 editions, 2023 to 2025.
- total:
- 10,910 km (2020) 8,184 km electrified
- narrow gauge:
- 65 km
total: 14,127 km (2016) 10,910 km
standard gauge: 14,062(2016) 1.435-m gauge (12,322 (2020) 8,184 km electrified) electrified
narrow gauge: 65 km (2016) 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Sweden: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/sweden/railways.