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Country | Railways (km)
Albania | total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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 (2006)
Angola | total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
Argentina | 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)
Armenia | total: 839 km broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified) note: some lines are out of service (2006)
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)
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)
Azerbaijan | total: 2,122 km broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006)
Bangladesh | total: 2,768 km broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Belarus | total: 5,512 km broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)
Belgium | total: 3,536 km standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)
Benin | total: 758 km narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Bolivia | total: 3,504 km narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 608 km standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Botswana | total: 888 km narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Brazil | 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)
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)
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)
Burma | total: 3,955 km narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Cambodia | total: 602 km narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Cameroon | total: 987 km narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Canada | total: 48,068 km standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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)
China | total: 75,438 km standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified) (2005)
Colombia | total: 3,304 km standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 894 km narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Costa Rica | total: 278 km narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)
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)
Croatia | total: 2,726 km standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)
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 (2006)
Czech Republic | total: 9,597 km standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
Denmark | total: 2,644 km standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007)
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 but remains largely inoperable (2006)
Dominican Republic | 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)
Ecuador | total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Egypt | total: 5,063 km standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)
El Salvador | total: 562 km narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007)
Eritrea | total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)
Estonia | total: 968 km broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006)
Ethiopia | 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)
European Union | total: 236,436 km broad gauge: 28,250 km standard gauge: 200,401 km narrow gauge: 7,771 km other: 23 km (2007)
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) (2006)
Finland | total: 5,741 km broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006)
France | 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)
Gabon | total: 814 km standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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)
Germany | 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)
Ghana | total: 953 km narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Greece | 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)
Guatemala | total: 886 km narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Guinea | total: 837 km standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Honduras | total: 699 km narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Hungary | 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)
India | 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)
Indonesia | total: 6,458 km narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
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)
Iraq | total: 2,272 km standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Ireland | 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)
Isle of 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)
Israel | total: 853 km standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Italy | 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)
Japan | 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)
Jordan | total: 505 km narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Kazakhstan | total: 13,700 km broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006)
Kenya | total: 2,778 km narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Korea, North | total: 5,235 km standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)
Korea, South | total: 3,472 km standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)
Kosovo | total: 430 km (2005)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 470 km broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
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 (2006)
Lebanon | 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)
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)
Libya | 0 km note: Libya has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006)
Liechtenstein | 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006)
Lithuania | 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)
Luxembourg | total: 275 km standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)
Macedonia | total: 699 km standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)
Madagascar | total: 854 km narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Malawi | total: 797 km narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Malaysia | 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)
Mali | total: 729 km narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Mauritania | 717 km standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Mexico | total: 17,665 km standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Moldova | total: 1,138 km broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Mongolia | total: 1,810 km broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)
Montenegro | total: 250 km standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006)
Morocco | total: 1,907 km standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006)
Mozambique | total: 3,123 km narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
Namibia | total: 2,382 km narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Nepal | total: 59 km narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
Netherlands | total: 2,797 km standard gauge: 2,797 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006)
New Zealand | total: 4,128 km narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)
Nicaragua | total: 6 km narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Nigeria | total: 3,505 km narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Norway | total: 4,114 km standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2008)
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)
Panama | total: 355 km standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Paraguay | total: 36 km standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Peru | total: 1,989 km standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Philippines | total: 897 km narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006)
Poland | 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)
Portugal | 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)
Puerto Rico | total: 96 km narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Romania | 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)
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 (2006)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 50 km narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)
Saudi Arabia | total: 1,392 km standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006)
Senegal | total: 906 km narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)
Serbia | total: 3,379 km standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)
Slovakia | 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)
Slovenia | total: 1,229 km standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)
South Africa | total: 20,872 km narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Spain | 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)
Sri Lanka | total: 1,449 km broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)
Sudan | total: 5,978 km narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
Swaziland | total: 301 km narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Sweden | total: 11,528 km standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)
Switzerland | 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)
Syria | total: 2,711 km standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Taiwan | 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)
Tajikistan | total: 482 km broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
Tanzania | total: 3,690 km narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Thailand | total: 4,071 km narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Togo | total: 568 km narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Tunisia | 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)
Turkey | total: 8,697 km standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006)
Turkmenistan | total: 2,440 km broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
Uganda | total: 1,244 km narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Ukraine | total: 22,473 km broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2006)
United Kingdom | 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)
United States | total: 226,612 km standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
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 (2006)
Uzbekistan | total: 3,950 km broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2006)
Venezuela | total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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 (2006)
World | total: 1,370,782 km (2006)
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)
Zimbabwe | total: 3,077 km narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2006)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008