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				Albania | total: 447 km 
 standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 447 km 
 standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Algeria | 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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Angola | total: 2,761 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,761 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Argentina | total: 34,091 km (167 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 10,375 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Armenia | total: 845 km 
 broad gauge: 845 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified) note: some lines are out of service (2003)  | 
				total: 839 km 
 broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified) note: some lines are out of service (2006)  | 
				
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				Australia | total: 44,015 km (5,290 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 1,957 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 27,095 km 1.435-m gauge (2,828 km electrified) narrow gauge: 14,957 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified) dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Austria | total: 6,021 km (3,552 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 5,565 km 1.435-m gauge (3,430 km electrified) narrow gauge: 34 km 1.000-m gauge (28 km electrified); 422 km 0.760-m gauge (94 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Azerbaijan | total: 2,957 km 
 broad gauge: 2,957 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 2,122 km 
 broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Bangladesh | total: 2,706 km 
 broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,768 km 
 broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Belarus | total: 5,523 km 
 broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 5,512 km 
 broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)  | 
				
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				Belgium | total: 3,518 km 
 standard gauge: 3,518 km 1.435-m gauge (2,631 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 3,536 km 
 standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Benin | total: 578 km 
 narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 758 km 
 narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Bolivia | total: 3,519 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,504 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 1,021 km (795 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 608 km 
 standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Botswana | total: 888 km 
 narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 888 km 
 narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Brazil | total: 29,412 km (1,610 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 4,907 km 1.600-m gauge (942 km electrified) standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge narrow gauge: 23,915 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) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				total: 622 km 
 narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006)  | 
				
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				Burma | total: 3,955 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,955 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Cambodia | total: 602 km 
 narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 602 km 
 narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Cameroon | total: 1,008 km 
 narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 987 km 
 narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Canada | total: 48,909 km 
 standard gauge: 48,909 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 48,068 km 
 standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				China | total: 70,058 km 
 standard gauge: 68,000 km 1.435-m gauge (18,668 km electrified) narrow gauge: 3,600 km 1.000-m and 0.750-m gauge local industrial lines dual gauge: 22,640 km (not included in total) (2003)  | 
				total: 75,438 km 
 standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified) (2005)  | 
				
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				Colombia | total: 3,304 km 
 standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,304 km 
 standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Congo, Republic of the | total: 894 km 
 narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 894 km 
 narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Costa Rica | total: 950 km 
 narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 278 km 
 narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				total: 660 km 
 narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2006)  | 
				
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				Croatia | total: 2,726 km 
 standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (984 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 2,726 km 
 standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Cuba | 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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Czech Republic | total: 9,520 km 
 standard gauge: 9,421 km 1.435-m gauge (2,893 km electrified) narrow gauge: 99 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 9,597 km 
 standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Denmark | total: 3,002 km 
 standard gauge: 3,002 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 2,644 km 
 standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007)  | 
				
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				Djibouti | total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) 
 narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003)  | 
				total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) 
 narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006)  | 
				
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				Dominican Republic | total: 1,743 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 in 1.076-m, 0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges (2003)  | 
				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 in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2006)  | 
				
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				Ecuador | total: 966 km 
 narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 966 km 
 narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Egypt | total: 5,063 km 
 standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 5,063 km 
 standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				El Salvador | total: 283 km 
 narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2003)  | 
				total: 562 km 
 narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007)  | 
				
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				Eritrea | total: 306 km 
 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge note: railway is being rebuilt; 117 km open (2003)  | 
				total: 306 km 
 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Estonia | total: 958 km 
 broad gauge: 958 km 1.520-m/1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified) note: gauge being increased from 1.520-m to 1.524-m to reduce wear on wheels and rail as lines are modernized (2003)  | 
				total: 968 km 
 broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Ethiopia | total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) 
 narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003)  | 
				total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) 
 narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006)  | 
				
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				European Union | total: 222,293 km 
 broad gauge: 28,438 km standard gauge: 186,405 km narrow gauge: 7,427 km other: 23 km (2003)  | 
				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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				Fiji | total: 597 km 
 narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2003)  | 
				total: 597 km 
 narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2006)  | 
				
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				Finland | total: 5,851 km 
 broad gauge: 5,851 km 1.524-m gauge (2,400 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 5,741 km 
 broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				France | total: 32,175 km 
 standard gauge: 32,008 km 1.435-m gauge (14,320 km electrified) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Gabon | total: 814 km 
 standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 814 km 
 standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Georgia | total: 1,612 km (1,612 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified) narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Germany | total: 46,039 km (20,100 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 45,801 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified) narrow gauge: 214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Ghana | total: 953 km 
 narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 953 km 
 narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Greece | total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge 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) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Guatemala | total: 886 km 
 narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 886 km 
 narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Guinea | total: 837 km 
 standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 837 km 
 standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Guyana | total: 187 km 
 standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge note: all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)  | 
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				Honduras | total: 699 km 
 narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 699 km 
 narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Hungary | total: 7,937 km 
 broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 7,682 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified) narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				India | total: 63,140 km (15,994 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 45,099 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 14,776 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,265 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Indonesia | total: 6,458 km 
 narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 6,458 km 
 narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Iran | total: 7,203 km 
 broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: 7,109 km 1.435-m gauge (189 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Iraq | total: 1,963 km 
 standard gauge: 1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,272 km 
 standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Ireland | total: 3,312 km 
 broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 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) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Isle of Man | total: 61 km (35 km electrified) (2003) | 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)  | 
				
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				Israel | total: 640 km 
 standard gauge: 640 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 853 km 
 standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Italy | total: 19,507 km (11,651 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 18,070 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified) narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,314 km 0.950-m gauge (188 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Jamaica | total: 272 km 
 standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)  | 
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				Japan | total: 23,705 km (16,519 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified) narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,393 km 1.067-m gauge (13,227 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Jordan | total: 505 km 
 narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 505 km 
 narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Kazakhstan | total: 13,601 km 
 broad gauge: 13,601 km 1.520-m gauge (3,661 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 13,700 km 
 broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Kenya | total: 2,778 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,778 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Korea, North | total: 5,214 km 
 standard gauge: 5,214 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 5,235 km 
 standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Korea, South | total: 3,125 km 
 standard gauge: 3,125 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 3,472 km 
 standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Kosovo | - | total: 430 km (2005) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | total: 470 km 
 broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 470 km 
 broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Latvia | total: 2,303 km 
 broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified) narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Lebanon | total: 401 km 
 standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m note: rail system was unusable because of damage during the civil war in the 1980s; short sections are operable (2003)  | 
				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 in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)  | 
				
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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: none of the railways are in operation (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Libya | 0 km 
 note: Libya is working on 7 lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track; it hopes to open a 191 km line by the end of 2004 (2003)  | 
				0 km 
 note: Libya has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006)  | 
				
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				Liechtenstein | - | 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) 
 note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006)  | 
				
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				Lithuania | total: 1,998 km 
 broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (all service suspended) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Luxembourg | total: 274 km 
 standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 275 km 
 standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Macedonia | total: 699 km 
 standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 699 km 
 standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Madagascar | total: 732 km 
 narrow gauge: 732 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 854 km 
 narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Malawi | total: 797 km 
 narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 797 km 
 narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Malaysia | total: 2,418 km (207 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified) narrow gauge: 2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Mali | total: 729 km 
 narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 729 km 
 narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Mauritania | 717 km 
 standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				717 km 
 standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Mexico | total: 19,510 km 
 standard gauge: 19,510 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 17,665 km 
 standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Moldova | total: 1,138 km 
 broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 1,138 km 
 broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Mongolia | 1,810 km 
 broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2004)  | 
				total: 1,810 km 
 broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Montenegro | - | total: 250 km 
 standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006)  | 
				
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				Morocco | total: 1,907 km 
 standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 1,907 km 
 standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Mozambique | total: 3,123 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,123 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Namibia | total: 2,382 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,382 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Nepal | total: 59 km 
 narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 59 km 
 narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Netherlands | total: 2,808 km 
 standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 2,811 km 
 standard gauge: 2,811 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				New Zealand | total: 3,898 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 4,128 km 
 narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Nicaragua | total: 6 km 
 narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 6 km 
 narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Nigeria | total: 3,557 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,505 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Norway | total: 4,077 km 
 standard gauge: 4,077 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 4,043 km 
 standard gauge: 4,043 km 1.435-m gauge (2,509 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Panama | total: 355 km 
 standard gauge: 76 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 355 km 
 standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Paraguay | total: 441 km 
 standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 36 km 
 standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Peru | total: 3,462 km 
 standard gauge: 2,962 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 500 km 0.914-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 1,989 km 
 standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Philippines | total: 897 km 
 narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2003)  | 
				total: 897 km 
 narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006)  | 
				
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				Poland | total: 23,852 km 
 broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 23,223 km 1.435-m gauge (11,962 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Portugal | 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: 2,786 km 
 broad gauge: 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified) narrow gauge: 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Puerto Rico | total: 96 km 
 narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 96 km 
 narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Romania | total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified) 
 standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Russia | 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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 50 km 
 narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations during harvest season (2003)  | 
				total: 50 km 
 narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)  | 
				
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				Saudi Arabia | total: 1,392 km 
 standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2003)  | 
				total: 1,392 km 
 standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006)  | 
				
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				Senegal | total: 906 km 
 narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 906 km 
 narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Serbia | - | total: 3,379 km (note - excludes Kosovo) 
 standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)  | 
				
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				Serbia and Montenegro | total: 4,380 km 
 standard gauge: 4,380 km 1.435-m gauge (1,445 km electrified) (2003)  | 
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				Slovakia | total: 3,661 km 
 broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified) narrow gauge: 49 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Slovenia | total: 1,201 km 
 standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (499 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 1,229 km 
 standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				South Africa | total: 22,298 km 
 narrow gauge: 21,984 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 314 km 0.610-m gauge note: includes a 2,228 km commuter rail system (2003)  | 
				total: 20,872 km 
 narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Spain | total: 14,268 km (7,718 km electrified) 
 broad gauge: 11,804 km 1.668-m gauge (6,409 km electrified) standard gauge: 526 km 1.435-m gauge (526 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,910 km 1.000-m gauge (755 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Sri Lanka | total: 1,449 km 
 broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 1,449 km 
 broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Sudan | 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 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)  | 
				
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				Swaziland | total: 301 km 
 narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 301 km 
 narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Sweden | total: 11,481 km 
 standard gauge: 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 11,528 km 
 standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Switzerland | total: 4,533 km 
 standard gauge: 3,483 km 1.435-m gauge (3,472 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,004 km 1.000-m gauge (974 km electrified); 46 km 0.800-m gauge (46 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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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 (2003)  | 
				total: 2,711 km 
 standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Taiwan | 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: 1,588 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)  | 
				
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				Tajikistan | total: 482 km 
 broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 482 km 
 broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Tanzania | total: 3,690 km 
 narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 3,690 km 
 narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Thailand | total: 4,071 km 
 narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 4,071 km 
 narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Togo | total: 568 km 
 narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 568 km 
 narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Tunisia | total: 2,152 km 
 standard gauge: 468 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) dual gauge: 10 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Turkey | total: 8,671 km 
 standard gauge: 8,671 km 1.435-m gauge (2,122 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 8,697 km 
 standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Turkmenistan | total: 2,440 km 
 broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 2,440 km 
 broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Uganda | total: 1,241 km 
 narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 1,244 km 
 narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Ukraine | total: 22,473 km 
 broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 22,473 km 
 broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				United Kingdom | total: 17,186 km 
 standard gauge: 16,726 km 1.435-m gauge (5,243 km electrified) broad gauge: 460 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) (2003)  | 
				total: 16,567 km 
 broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				United States | total: 228,464 km 
 standard gauge: 228,464 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 226,612 km 
 standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)  | 
				
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				Uruguay | 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 in partial use (2003)  | 
				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 in partial use (2006)  | 
				
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				Uzbekistan | total: 3,950 km 
 broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 3,950 km 
 broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2006)  | 
				
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				Venezuela | total: 682 km 
 standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)  | 
				total: 682 km 
 standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)  | 
				
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				Vietnam | 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 (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				World | total: 1,115,205 km 
 broad gauge: 257,481 km standard gauge: 671,413 km narrow gauge: 186,311 km (2003)  | 
				total: 1,370,782 km (2006) | 
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				Zambia | total: 2,173 km 
 narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2003)  | 
				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)  | 
				
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				Zimbabwe | total: 3,077 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2003)  | 
				total: 3,077 km 
 narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2006)  |