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Afganistan | - | total:
24.6 km broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya |
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Albania | total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2001) |
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Algieria | total: 3,973 km
standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2006) |
total:
4,820 km standard gauge: 3,664 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km double track) narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge (1996) |
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Samoa Amerykanskie | - | 0 km |
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Andora | - | 0 km |
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Angola | total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still w place from the civil war) narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000) |
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Anguilla | - | 0 km |
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Antigua i Barbuda | - | total:
77 km narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively dla handling sugarcane) |
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Argentyna | total: 31,902 km
broad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
total:
33,744 km (167 km electrified) broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000) |
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Armenia | total: 839 km
broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified) note: some lines are out of service (2006) |
total:
852 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2001) |
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Aruba | - | 0 km |
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Australia | total: 38,550 km
broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified) narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified) dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006) |
total:
33,819 km (2,540 km electrified) broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-m gauge dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999) |
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Austria | total: 6,383 km
standard gauge: 5,924 km 1.435-m gauge (3,772 km electrified) narrow gauge: 371 km 1.000-m gauge; 88 km 0.760-m gauge (25 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
6,095.2 km (3,643.3 km electrified) standard gauge: 5,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (3,521.2 km electrified) narrow gauge: 497.1 km (33.9 km 1.000-m gauge - 28.1 km electrified, 497.1 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified) (2001) |
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Azerbejdzan | total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
2,125 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993) |
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Bahamy | - | 0 km |
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Bahrajn | - | 0 km |
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Bangladesz | total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,745 km broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000) |
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Barbados | - | 0 km |
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Bialorus | total: 5,512 km
broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006) |
total:
5,523 km broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2000) |
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Belgia | total: 3,536 km
standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km double track) standard gauge: 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998) |
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Belize | - | 0 km |
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Benin | total: 758 km
narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
578 km (single track) narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000) |
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Bermudy | - | 0 km |
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Bhutan | - | 0 km |
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Boliwia | total: 3,504 km
narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,691 km (single track) narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995) |
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Bosnia i Hercegowina | total: 608 km
standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,021 km (electrified 795 km; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired) standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge; note - many segments still need repair and/or reconstruction (2000) |
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Botswana | total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
888 km narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2000) |
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Brazylia | total: 29,295 km
broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified) standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified) dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
30,539 km (2,129 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail broad gauge: 5,679 km 1.600-m gauge (1199 km electrified) standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge narrow gauge: 24,666 km 1.000-m gauge (930 km electrified) dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.) |
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Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze | - | 0 km |
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Brunei | - | total:
13 km (private line) narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge |
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Bulgaria | total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified) narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2006) |
total:
4,294 km standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified; 917 km double track) narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (1998) |
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Burkina Faso | total: 622 km
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006) |
total:
622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya) narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.) |
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Birma | total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,991 km narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1.000-m gauge |
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Burundi | - | 0 km |
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Kambodza | total: 602 km
narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
603 km narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge |
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Kamerun | total: 987 km
narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,104 km narrow gauge: 1,104 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.) |
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Kanada | total: 48,068 km
standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
36,114 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (privatized listopad 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service provided by government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified) (1998) |
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Republika Zielonego Przyladka | - | 0 km |
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Kajmany | - | 0 km |
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Cesarstwo Srodkowoafrykanskie | - | 0 km |
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Czad | - | 0 km |
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Chile | total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified) narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
6,701 km broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1317 km electrified) narrow gauge: 117 km 1.067-m gauge (28 km electrified); 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2000) |
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Chiny | total: 75,438 km
standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified) (2005) |
total:
67,524 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails) standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-m gauge (13,362 km electrified; 20,250 km double track) narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m and 1.000-m gauge local industrial lines (1998 est.) note: a new total of 68,000 km was estimated dla early 1999 to take new construction programs into account (1999) |
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Wyspa Bozego Narodzenia | - | 24 km to serve phosphate mines |
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Wyspy Kokosowe | - | 0 km |
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Kolumbia | total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,304 km standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines to maritime port at Bahia de Portete) narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not w use) (2000) |
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Komory | - | 0 km |
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Kongo, Republika Demokratyczna | total: 5,138 km
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2006) |
total:
5,138 km (1995) note: severely reduced route-distance w use because of damage to facilities by civil strife narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2000) |
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Kongo, Republika | total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
894 km narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2000) |
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Wyspy Cooka | - | 0 km |
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Kostaryka | total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge note: none of the railway network is w use (2007) |
total:
950 km narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2006) |
total:
660 km narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track note: an additional 600 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso, ending at Kaya, north of Ouagadougou (2000) |
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Chorwacja | total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
2,296 km standard gauge: 2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified) (2000) |
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Kuba | total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified) note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2006) |
total:
11,969 km standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge (147 km electrified) note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard gauge track w public use, 7,162 km of track is w private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000) |
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Cypr | - | 0 km |
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Czechy | total: 9,597 km
standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
9,444 km standard gauge: 9,350 km 1.435-m standard gauge (2,843 km electrified; 1,929 km double track) narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m narrow gauge (2000) |
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Dania | total: 2,644 km
standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007) |
total:
2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated) standard gauge: 2,859 km 1.435-m gauge (600 km electrified; 760 km double track) (1998) |
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Dzibuti | total: 100 km (Dzibuti segment of the Addis Ababa-Dzibuti railway)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Dzibuti and Etiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006) |
total:
100 km (Dzibuti segment of the Addis Ababa-Dzibuti railroad) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: Dzibuti and Etiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003 |
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Dominika | - | 0 km |
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Republika Dominikanska | total: 517 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies w 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2006) |
total:
757 km standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad) narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Republika Dominikanska Government Railway) note: 240 km operated by sugar companies w various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000) |
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Ekwador | total: 966 km
narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
965 km narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2000) |
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Egipt | total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
4,955 km standard gauge: 4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 km double track) (2000) |
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Salwador | total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: railways not w operation since 2005 because of disuse and lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007) |
total:
562 km narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001) |
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Gwinea Równikowa | - | total:
0 km |
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Erytrea | total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006) |
total:
317 km narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999) note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara z the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except dla about a 5 km stretch that was reopened w Massawa w 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way |
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Estonia | total: 968 km
broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,018 km common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated industrial lines broad gauge: 1,018 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (1995) |
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Etiopia | total: 699 km (Etiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Dzibuti railroad)
narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Dzibuti and Etiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006) |
total:
681 km (Etiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Dzibuti railroad) narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge note: in kwiecien 1998, Dzibuti and Etiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals; since maj 1998 Etiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines |
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Unia Europejska | total: 236,656 km
broad gauge: 28,240 km standard gauge: 200,532 km narrow gauge: 7,861 km other: 23 km (2006) |
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Falklandy | - | 0 km |
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Wyspy Owcze | - | 0 km |
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Fidzi | total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge note: belongs to the government-owned Fidzi Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (maj to grudzien) (2006) |
total:
597 km; note - belongs to the government-owned Fidzi Sugar Corporation narrow gauge: 597 km 0.610-m gauge (1995) |
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Finlandia | total: 5,741 km
broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
5,865 km broad gauge: 5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,192 km electrified; 480 km double or multiple track) (1998) |
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Francja | total: 29,370 km
standard gauge: 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
31,939 km (31,939 km are operated by French National Linie kolejowe (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132 km are double- or multiple-tracked) standard gauge: 31,840 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 99 km 1.000-m gauge (1998) |
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Gujana Francuska | - | 0 km (1995) |
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Polinezja Francuska | - | 0 km |
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Gabon | total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
649 km (Gabon State Linie kolejowe or OCTRA) standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994) |
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Gambia | - | 0 km |
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Gaza | - | total:
NA km; note - one line, abandoned and w disrepair, little trackage remains |
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Georgia | total: 1,612 km
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified) narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2006) |
total:
1,583 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993) |
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Niemcy | total: 48,215 km
standard gauge: 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified) narrow gauge: 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
total:
40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998) note: since privatization w 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; w addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks |
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Ghana | total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
953 km (undergoing major rehabilitation) narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1997 est.) |
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Gibraltar | - | total:
NA km; 1.000-m gauge system w dockyard area only |
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Grecja | total: 2,571 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified) narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2006) |
total:
2,548 km standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 23 km double track) narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack-type railway dla steep grades) |
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Grenlandia | - | 0 km |
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Grenada | - | 0 km |
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Gwadelupa | - | total:
NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines |
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Guam | - | 0 km |
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Gwatemala | total: 886 km
narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
total:
884 km (102 km privately owned) narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track) |
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Guernsey | - | 0 km |
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Gwinea | total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,086 km standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km w common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry) |
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Gwinea Bissau | - | 0 km |
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Gujana | - | total:
187 km (all dedicated to ore transport) standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge |
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Haiti | - | total:
40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line) - closed w early 1990s narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge |
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Watykan | - | total:
862 m; note - a spur of the Italian Linie kolejowe system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station standard gauge: 862 m 1.435-m gauge (1999) |
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Honduras | total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
total:
595 km narrow gauge: 349 km 1.067-m gauge; 246 km 0.914-m gauge (1999) |
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Hong Kong | - | total:
34 km standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (all electrified) (1996 est.) |
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Wegry | total: 8,057 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified) narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2006) |
total:
7,606 km broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track) narrow gauge: 176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998) note: Wegry and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) a distance of about 101 km w Wegry and 65 km w Austria |
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Islandia | - | 0 km |
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Indie | total: 63,221 km
broad gauge: 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified) narrow gauge: 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006) |
total:
62,915 km (12,307 km electrified; 12,617 km double track) broad gauge: 40,620 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 18,501 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,794 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1998 est.) |
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Indonezja | total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
total:
6,458 km narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (101 km electrified; 101 km double track); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (1995) |
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Iran | total: 8,367 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
5,600 km broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: 5,506 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) note: broad gauge track is employed at the borders z Azerbejdzan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems (2001) |
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Irak | total: 2,272 km
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,032 km standard gauge: 2,032 km 1.435-m gauge note: rail link between Irak and Syria restored w 2000 after 19 years |
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Irlandia | total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006) |
total:
1,947 km broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1998) |
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Wyspa Man | total: 65 km
standard gauge: 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified) narrow gauge: 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified) note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2006) |
total:
68.5 km (43.5 km electrified) |
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Izrael | total: 853 km
standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
610 km standard gauge: 610 km 1.435-m gauge (1996) |
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Wlochy | total: 19,460 km
standard gauge: 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified) narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
19,394 km standard gauge: 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Linie kolejowe (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified) narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998) |
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Jamajka | - | total:
370 km standard gauge: 370 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km belong to the Jamajka Railway Corporation w common carrier service, but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite |
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Japonia | total: 23,474 km
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified) narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,182 km 1.067-m gauge (13,334 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
23,670.7 km standard gauge: 2,893.1 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified) narrow gauge: 89.8 km 1.372-m gauge (89.8 km electrified); 20,656.8 km 1.067-m gauge (10,383.6 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (3.6 km electrified) (1994) |
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Jersey | - | 0 km |
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Jordania | total: 505 km
narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006) |
total:
677 km narrow gauge: 677 km 1.050-m gauge (2000) |
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Juan de Nova | - | total:
NA km; short line going to a jetty |
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Kazachstan | total: 13,700 km
broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
14,400 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1997) |
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Kenia | total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,778 km narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge note: the line connecting Nairobi z the port of Mombasa is the most important w the country |
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Kiribati | - | 0 km |
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Polnocna Korea | total: 5,235 km
standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
5,000 km standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified; 159 km double track) narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge dual gauge: 240 km 1.435-m and 1.600-m gauges (four rails interlaced) (1996 est.) |
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Poludniowa Korea | total: 3,472 km
standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
6,240 km standard gauge: 6,240 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified) (1998 est.) |
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Kosowo | total: 430 km (2005) | - |
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Kuwejt | - | 0 km |
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Kirgistan | total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006) |
total:
370 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 370 km 1.520-m gauge (1990) |
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Laos | - | 0 km |
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Lotwa | total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified) narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,412 km broad gauge: 2,379 km 1.520-m gauge (271 km electrified) (1992) narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (1994) |
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Liban | total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m note: rail system became unusable because of damage done during fighting w the 1980s and w 2006 (2006) |
total:
399 km (mostly unusable because of damage w civil war) standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m narrow gauge: 82 km (1999) |
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Lesotho | - | total:
2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and included w the statistics of Republika Poludniowej Afryki narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995) |
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Liberia | total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge note: sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war (2008) |
total:
490 km (328 km single track); note - three rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests w conjunction z the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed w 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported dla scrap standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge |
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Libia | 0 km
note: Libia has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006) |
note:
Libia has had no railroad w operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard gauge line from the Tunezjan frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans made jointly z Egipt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egipt, to Tobruk z completion originally set dla mid-1994; Libia signed contracts z two private companies - Bahne of Egipt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios of Hiszpania - w 1998 dla the supply of crossings and pointwork (1001) |
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Liechtenstein | 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Szwajcaria (2006) |
total:
18.5 km; note - owned, operated, and included w statistics of Austrian Federal Linie kolejowe standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) |
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Litwa | total: 1,771 km
broad gauge: 1,749 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,002 km broad gauge: 2,002 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) (1994) |
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Luksemburg | total: 275 km
standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
274 km standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified; 178 km double track) (1998) |
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Makau | - | 0 km |
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Macedonia | total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006) |
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Macedonia, czlonek Jugoslawii | - | total:
699 km standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) note: a 56-km extension of the Kumanovo-Beljakovci line to the Bulgarian border at Gyveshevo is under construction (2001) |
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Madagaskar | total: 854 km
narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
883 km narrow gauge: 883 km 1.000-m gauge (1994) |
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Malawi | total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
789 km narrow gauge: 789 km 1.067-m gauge |
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Malezja | 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:
1,801 km narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2000) |
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Malediwy | - | 0 km |
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Mali | total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
729 km (linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes) narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge |
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Malta | - | 0 km |
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Wyspy Marshalla | - | 0 km |
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Martynika | - | 0 km |
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Mauretania | 717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
750 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government mining company standard gauge: 750 km 1.435-m gauge (1995) |
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Mauritius | - | 0 km |
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Majotta | - | 0 km |
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Meksyk | total: 17,665 km
standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
31,048 km standard gauge: 30,958 km 1.435-m gauge (246 km electrified) narrow gauge: 90 km 0.914-m gauge (1998 est.) |
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Mikronezja, Sfederowane Stany Mikronezji | - | 0 km |
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Moldawia | total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,328 km broad gauge: 1,328 km 1.520-m gauge (1992) |
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Monako | - | total:
1.7 km standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge |
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Mongolia | total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006) |
1,815 km
broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.524-m gauge (2001) |
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Czarnogora | total: 250 km
standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006) |
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Montserrat | - | 0 km |
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Maroko | total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
1,907 km standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double track) |
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Mozambik | total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,131 km narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994) |
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Namibia | total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,382 km narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge; single track (1995) |
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Nauru | - | total:
5 km; note - used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast |
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Nepal | total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006) |
total:
59 km; note - all w Kosi close to Indien border narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2000) |
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Holandia | total: 2,811 km
standard gauge: 2,811 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
2,739 km standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge; (1,991 km electrified) (1998) |
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Antyle Holenderskie | - | 0 km |
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Nowa Kaledonia | - | 0 km |
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Nowa Zelandia | total: 4,128 km
narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
3,913 km narrow gauge: 3,913 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified) (1999) |
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Nikaragua | total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
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Niger | - | 0 km |
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Nigeria | total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,557 km narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge note: years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system; a project to restore Nigeria's railways is now underway |
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Niue | - | 0 km |
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Wyspa Norfolk | - | 0 km |
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Mariany Polnocne | - | 0 km |
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Norwegia | total: 4,043 km
standard gauge: 4,043 km 1.435-m gauge (2,509 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
4,012 km standard gauge: 4,012 km 1.435-m gauge (2,530 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1998) |
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Oman | - | 0 km |
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Pakistan | total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified) narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
8,163 km broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 km double track) narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (1996 est.) (2000) |
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Palau | - | 0 km |
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Panama | total: 355 km
standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
total:
355 km broad gauge: 76 km 1.524-m gauge narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge |
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Papua-Nowa Gwinea | - | 0 km |
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Paragwaj | total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
971 km standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned |
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Peru | total: 1,989 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,988 km standard gauge: 1,608 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 380 km 0.914-m gauge |
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Filipiny | total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are w operation) (2006) |
total:
492 km (an additional 405 km are not w operation) narrow gauge: 492 km 1.067-m gauge (1996) |
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Pitcairn | - | 0 km |
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Polska | total: 23,072 km
broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational; 11,910 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
23,420 km broad gauge: 646 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified; 8,978 km double track) narrow gauge: 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (1998) |
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Portugalia | 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 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) |
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Portoryko | total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
96 km narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge, rural, narrow-gauge system dla hauling sugarcane; no passenger service |
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Katar | - | 0 km |
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Reunion | - | 0 km |
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Rumunia | total: 11,385 km
broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge (3,888 km electrified) narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2006) |
total:
11,385 km (3,888 km electrified) standard gauge: 10,898 km narrow gauge: 487 km (1996) |
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Rosja | total: 87,157 km
broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified) narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island) note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries (2006) |
total:
149,000 km note: 86,000 km are w common carrier service; 63,000 km serve specific industries and are not available dla common carrier use; 40,000 km of the railway w common carrier use are electrified broad gauge: 149,000 km 1.520-m gauge (1998) |
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Ruanda | - | 0 km |
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Swieta Helena | - | 0 km |
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Saint Kitts i Nevis | total: 50 km
narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts dla tourists (2006) |
total:
58 km narrow gauge: 58 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations (1995) |
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Saint Lucia | - | 0 km |
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Saint-Pierre i Miquelon | - | 0 km |
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Saint Vincent i Grenadyny | - | 0 km |
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Samoa | - | 0 km |
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San Marino | - | 0 km; note - there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore |
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Wyspy Swietego Tomasza i Ksiazeca | - | 0 km |
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Arabia Saudyjska | total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006) |
total:
1,390 km standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992) |
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Senegal | total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006) |
total:
906 km narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double track) |
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Serbia | total: 3,379 km (note - excludes Kosowo)
standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006) |
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Seszele | - | 0 km |
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Sierra Leone | - | total:
84 km used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge |
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Singapur | - | total:
38.6 km narrow gauge: 38.6 km 1.000-m gauge note: there is a 83 km mass transit system z 48 stations |
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Slowacja | total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified) narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006) |
total:
3,660 km broad gauge: 102 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 3,507 km 1.435-m gauge (1,505 km electrified; 1,011 km double track) narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (1998) |
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Slowenia | total: 1,229 km
standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
1,201 km standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (489 km electrified) (1999) |
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Wyspy Salomona | - | 0 km |
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Somalia | - | 0 km |
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Republika Poludniowej Afryki | total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006) |
total:
21,431 km narrow gauge: 20,995 km 1.067-m gauge (9,087 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (1995) |
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Hiszpania | total: 14,974 km
broad gauge: 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified) standard gauge: 1,099 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,928 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
13,950 km broad gauge: 12,781 km 1.668-m gauge (6,358 km electrified; 2,295 km double track) standard gauge: 525 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified) narrow gauge: 644 km 1.000-m gauge (438 km electrified) (1998) |
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Sri Lanka | total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,463 km broad gauge: 1,404 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1996) |
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Sudan | total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge dla cotton plantations (2006) |
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 |
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Surinam | - | total:
166 km (single track) standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge note: Surinam railroads are not w operation (2000) |
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Svalbard | - | 0 km |
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Suazi | total: 301 km
narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
total:
297 km; note - includes 71 km which are not w use narrow gauge: 297 km 1.067-m gauge |
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Szwecja | total: 11,528 km
standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006) |
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) |
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Szwajcaria | total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
4,492 km (1,564 km double track) standard gauge: 3,317 km 1.435-m gauge (3,288 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,165 km 1.000-m gauge (1,165 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (1998) |
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Syria | total: 2,711 km
standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,750 km standard gauge: 2,423 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 327 km 1.050-m gauge note: rail link between Syria and Irak replaced w 2000 (2000) |
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Tajwan | 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 Tajwan Sugar Corporation and Tajwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities) (2007) |
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 w common carrier service by the Tajwan Railway Administration; the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use (1999) |
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Tadzykistan | total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2006) |
total:
480 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines (1990) |
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Tanzania | total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,569 km (1995) narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi w Zambia (of which 969 km are w Tanzania and 891 km are w Zambia) is not a part of Tanzania Linie kolejowe Corporation; because of the difference w gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Linie kolejowe |
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Tajlandia | total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
3,940 km narrow gauge: 3,940 km 1.000-m gauge (99 km double track) |
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Togo | total: 568 km
narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
525 km (1995) narrow gauge: 525 km 1.000-m gauge |
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Tokelau | - | 0 km |
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Tonga | - | 0 km |
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Trynidad i Tobago | - | minimal agricultural railroad system near San Fernando; railway service was discontinued w 1968 |
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Tunezja | total: 2,153 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) dual gauge: 8 km 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2006) |
total:
2,168 km standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,687 km 1.000-m gauge dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails) |
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Turcja | total: 8,697 km
standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
8,607 km standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-m gauge (1,524 km electrified) (1999) |
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Turkmenistan | total: 2,440 km
broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006) |
total:
2,187 km broad gauge: 2,187 km 1.520-m gauge (1996 est.) |
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Turks i Caicos | - | 0 km |
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Tuvalu | - | 0 km |
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Uganda | total: 1,244 km
narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
total:
1,241 km narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995) |
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Ukraina | total: 22,473 km
broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
23,350 km broad gauge: 23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified) |
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Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie | - | 0 km |
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Wielka Brytania | total: 16,567 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Irlandia) standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
16,878 km broad gauge: 342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track); note - all 1.600-m gauge track, of which 342 km is w common carrier use, and is w Northern Irlandia standard gauge: 16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple track) (1996) |
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Stany Zjednoczone | total: 226,612 km
standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005) |
total:
225,750 km mainline routes standard gauge: 225,750 km 1.435-m gauge (1999) |
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Urugwaj | total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are w partial use (2006) |
total:
2,073 km standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (2000) |
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Uzbekistan | total: 3,950 km
broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
3,380 km w common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 3,380 km 1.520-m gauge (300 km electrified) (1993) |
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Vanuatu | - | 0 km |
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Wenezuela | total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
total:
584 km (248 km privately owned) standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge |
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Wietnam | total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (2006) |
total:
2,652 km standard gauge: 166 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 2,249 km 1.000-m gauge dual gauge: 237 km NA-m gauges (three rails) (1998) |
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Wyspy Dziewicze | - | 0 km |
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Wallis i Futuna | - | 0 km |
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Zachodni Brzeg | - | 0 km |
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Sahara Zachodnia | - | 0 km |
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Swiat | total: 1,370,782 km (2006) | total:
1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are w Europe, 24,509 km w the Far East, 11,050 km w Africa, 4,223 km w South America, and 4,160 km w North America; note - fastest speed w daily service is 300 km/hr attained by Francja's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line broad gauge: 251,153 km standard gauge: 710,754 km narrow gauge: 239,430 km |
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Jemen | - | 0 km |
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Jugoslawia | - | total:
4,095 km standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (1,377 km partially electrified since 1992) note: during to the 1999 Kosowo conflict, the Serbian rail system suffered significant damage due to bridge destruction; many rail bridges have been rebuilt, but the bridge over the Danube at Novi Sad was still down w early 2000; however, a by-pass is available; Montenegrin rail lines remain intact |
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Zambia | total: 2,157 km
narrow gauge: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2006) |
total:
2,164 km (1995) narrow gauge: 2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track) note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Linie kolejowe system; TAZARA is not a part of the Zambia Linie kolejowe system; Zambia Linie kolejowe assets are scheduled dla concessioning w 2001 |
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Zimbabwe | total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2006) |
total:
2,759 km (1995) narrow gauge: 2,759 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 km double track) (1995 est.) |