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Railways Taiwan, in 36 editions.
The entry for Taiwan 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 2024Published as “Railroads”
- about 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 km industrial lines;
- common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line;
- a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction;
- common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
- industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
about 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 km industrial lines; common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line; a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction; common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications; industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
Published as “Railroads”
- about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and 3,525 km industrial lines;
- common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line;
- a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction;
- common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
- industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 3,525 km industrial lines; common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line; a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction; common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications; industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Railroads”
- about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and 3,525 km industrial lines;
- common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line;
- a 98.25 km South Link Line connection was completed in late 1991;
- common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
- industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and 3,525 km
industrial lines; common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708
km West Line and the 367 km East Line; a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction;
was completed in late 1991; common carrier lines owned by the government and
operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
Published as “Railroads”
- about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and 3,525 km industrial lines;
- common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line;
- a 98.25 km South Link Line connection was completed in late 1991;
- common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications;
- industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common carrier lines and
3,525 km
1.067-meter gauge 708
km South Link Line connection
carrier lines owned by the government and
Administration under Ministry of Communications;
owned and operated by government enterprises
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 4,600 km; note - 1,075 km in common carrier service and about 3,525 km is dedicated to industrial use
- narrow gauge:
- 4,600 km 1.067-m
Rewritten: too little of the 1994 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 4,600 km; note - 1,075 km in common carrier service and about
3,525 km is dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
- total:
- 4,600 km; note - 1,075 km in common carrier service and about 3,525 km is dedicated to industrial use
- narrow gauge:
- 4,600 km 1.067-m
total: 4,600 km; note - 1,075 km in common carrier service and about
3,525 km is dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
- total :
- 4,600 km (498 km electrified); note - 1,108 km belongs to the Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use
- narrow gauge:
- 4,600 km 1.067-m
total: total : 4,600 km; km (498 km electrified); note - 1,075 1,108 km in common carrier service and about belongs to the3,525 Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated
to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
- total:
- 4,600 km (498 km electrified); note-1,108 km belongs to the Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use
- narrow gauge:
- 4,600 km 1.067-m
total : total: 4,600 km (498 km electrified); note - 1,108 note-1,108 km belongs to the
Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated
to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
- total:
- 4,600 km (519 km electrified); note--1,108 km belongs to the Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use
- narrow gauge:
- 4,600 km 1.067-m
total: 4,600 km (498 (519 km electrified); note-1,108 note--1,108 km belongs to the
Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated
dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
- total:
- 2,481 km (519 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,481 km 1.067-m (1999)
Rewritten: too little of the 1999 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 2,481 km (519 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 2,481 km 1.067-m (1999)
- total:
- 4,600 km (519 km electrified) narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m note: only 1,108 km of route length (including the electrified part) is used in common carrier service by the Taiwan Railway Administration;
- the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use (1999)
Rewritten: too little of the 2000 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 4,600 km (519 km electrified) narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m note: only 1,108 km of route length (including the electrified part) is used in common carrier service by the Taiwan Railway Administration; the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use (1999)
- total:
- 1,108 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: in addition to the above routes in common carrier service, there are several thousand kilometers of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated to industrial use (2001)
Rewritten: too little of the 2001 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 1,108 km
narrow gauge: 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: in addition to the above routes in common carrier service, there are several thousand kilometers of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated to industrial use (2001)
- total:
- 1,108 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: there also are 1,255 km of 1.067-m gauge routes belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2002)
total: 1,108 km
narrow gauge: 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: in addition to the above routes in common carrier service, there also are several thousand kilometers 1,255 km of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated belonging to industrial use (2001) the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2002)
- total:
- 2,544 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2003)
total: 1,108 2,544 km
narrow gauge: 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: there also are 1,255 1,400 km of 1.067-m .762-m gauge routes belonging (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 2,497 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2004)
total: 2,544 2,497 km
narrow gauge: 1,108 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (519 (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 2,497 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2005)
total: 2,497 km
narrow gauge: 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau Bureau) used to haul carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2004) (2005)
- total:
- 2,502 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2006)
total: 2,497 2,502 km
narrow gauge: 1,097 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2005) (2006)
- total:
- 1,588 km
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge
note: 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities) (2007)
total: 2,502 1,588 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,102 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used Bureau; some to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2006) other entities) (2007)
- total:
- 1,588 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 81
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge; 150 km .762-m gauge
note: the 150 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities (2007)
total:
1,588 km
country comparison to the world:
81
standard gauge:
345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:
1,093 km 1.067-m gauge; 150 km .762-m gauge
note:
the 150 km .762-m of .762 gauge (belonging track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities) entities (2007)
- total:
- 1,582 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 81
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge
- narrow gauge:
- 1,091 km 1.067-m gauge; 146 km .762-m gauge
note: the 146 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau, some to other entities (2008)
total:1,588 1,582 km
country comparison to the world:
81
standard gauge:
345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:1,093 1,091 km 1.067-m gauge; 150 146 km .762-m gauge
note:
the 150 146 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; Bureau, some to other entities (2007) (2008)
- total:
- 1,580 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 79
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,085 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762 gauge track belongs to three entities, the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2010)
total:1,582 1,580 km
country comparison to the world:81 79
standard gauge:
345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge:1,091 1,085 km 1.067-m gauge; 146 gauge (685 km .762-m electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note:
the 146 km of .762 0.762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan three entities, the Forestry Bureau, some to other entities (2008) Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 1,580 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 79
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,085 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762 gauge track belongs to three entities, the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2009)
total:
1,580 km
country comparison to the world:
79
standard gauge:
345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge:
1,085 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note:
the 0.762 gauge track belongs to three entities, the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2010) (2009)
- total:
- 1,597 km
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 79
total:
1,580country comparison to the world:standard gauge:
79
narrow gauge:
1,085(685 (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note:0.762 gauge 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities, entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2009) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 79
- total:
- 1,597 km
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 78
total: 1,597 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 79 78
- total:
- 1,597 km
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
- 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 79
total: 1,597 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 78 79
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- total:
- 1,613 km (2018)
- standard gauge:
- 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)
- narrow gauge:
1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018)
150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower
total: 1,597 1,613 km (2018)
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)
narrow gauge: 1,102 1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (692 (793.9 km electrified); electrified) (2018)
150 km 0.762-m gauge(2014)
country comparison to the world: 79
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 1,613.1 km (2018)
- standard gauge:
- 345 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
- narrow gauge:
1,118.1 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified)
150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower
total: 1,613 1,613.1 km (2018)
standard gauge: 345 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)
narrow gauge: 1,118.1 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018)
150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Taiwan: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/taiwan/railways.