total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2008)
El Salvador
total: 283 km
narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and
high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008)
Eritrea
total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
Estonia
total: 919 km
broad gauge: 919 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (131 km electrified) (2008)
Ethiopia
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis
Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is
largely inoperable (2008)
European Union
total: 229,450 km (2008)
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 the harvest season, which runs from May to
December (2008)
Finland
total: 5,794 km
broad gauge: 5,794 km 1.524-m gauge (3,047 km electrified) (2008)
France
total: 29,213 km
standard gauge: 29,046 km 1.435-m gauge (15,164 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Gabon
total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
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) (2008)
Germany
total: 41,896 km
standard gauge: 41,641 km 1.435-m gauge (20,053 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 75 km 1.000-m gauge (75 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m
gauge (24 km electrified) (2008)
Ghana
total: 947 km
narrow gauge: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Greece
total: 2,548 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 (2008)
Guatemala
total: 332 km
narrow gauge: 332 km 0.914-m gauge (2008)
Guinea
total: 1,185 km
standard gauge: 238 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 947 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Honduras
total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2008)
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 (2008)
India
total: 63,327 km
broad gauge: 49,820 km 1.676-m gauge (17,786 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,621 km 1.000-m gauge (135 km electrified); 2,886 km
0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2007)
Indonesia
total: 8,529 km
narrow gauge: 8,529 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2008)
Iran
total: 8,442 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 8,348 km 1.435-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2008)
Iraq
total: 2,272 km
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
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)
(2008)
Isle of Man
total: 63 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.076-m gauge (6 km electrified); 57 km 0.914-m
gauge (29 km electrified)
note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2008)
Israel
total: 913 km
standard gauge: 913 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Italy
total: 19,729 km
standard gauge: 18,317 km 1.435-m gauge (12,458 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,058 km
0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified); 231 km 0.850-m gauge (2008)
Japan
total: 23,506 km
standard gauge: 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (3,319 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 20,059 km 1.067-m gauge (11,842 km electrified); 11 km
0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2008)
Jordan
total: 507 km
narrow gauge: 507 km 1.050-m gauge (2008)
Kazakhstan
total: 13,700 km
broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2008)
Kenya
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Korea, North
total: 5,235 km
standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)
Korea, South
total: 3,381 km
standard gauge: 3,381 km 1.435-m gauge (1,843 km electrified) (2008)
Kosovo
total: 430 km
standard gauge: 430 km 1.435-m gauge (2007)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
Latvia
total: 2,298 km
broad gauge: 2,265 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)
Lebanon
total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m
note: rail system unusable because of the damage done during
fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2008)
Liberia
total: 429 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
note: most sections of the railway are inoperable because of damage
suffered during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003 (2008)
Liechtenstein
9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and
Switzerland (2008)
Lithuania
total: 1,765 km
broad gauge: 1,743 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Luxembourg
total: 275 km
standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2008)
Macedonia
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2008)
Madagascar
total: 854 km
narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Malawi
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Malaysia
total: 1,849 km
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2008)
Mali
total: 593 km
narrow gauge: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Mauritania
728 km
standard gauge: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Mexico
total: 17,516 km
standard gauge: 17,516 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Moldova
total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Mongolia
total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
Montenegro
total: 250 km
standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2007)
Morocco
total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified) (2008)
Mozambique
total: 4,787 km
narrow gauge: 4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Namibia
total: 2,629 km
narrow gauge: 2,629 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Nepal
total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2008)
Netherlands
total: 2,811 km
standard gauge: 2,811 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2008)
New Zealand
total: 4,128 km
narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2008)
Nigeria
total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Norway
total: 4,114 km
standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2009)
Pakistan
total: 7,791 km
broad gauge: 7,479 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 312 km 1.000-m gauge (2007)
Panama
total: 76 km
standard gauge: 76 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Paraguay
total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Peru
total: 1,989 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2008)
Philippines
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2008)
Poland
total: 22,314 km
broad gauge: 633 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 21,681 km 1.435-m gauge (11,769 km electrified)
(2007)
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 (2008)
Romania
total: 10,788 km
broad gauge: 57 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 10,731 km 1.435-m gauge (3,965 km electrified) (2008)
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 (2008)
Saudi Arabia
total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and
sidings) (2008)
Senegal
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2008)
Serbia
total: 3,379 km
standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)
Slovakia
total: 3,622 km
broad gauge: 99 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,473 km 1.435-m gauge (1,577 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2008)
Slovenia
total: 1,228 km
standard gauge: 1,228 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2007)
South Africa
total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified); 436 km
0.610-m gauge (2008)
Spain
total: 15,288 km
broad gauge: 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,949 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km
0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2008)
Sri Lanka
total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2007)
Sudan
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for
cotton plantations (2008)
Swaziland
total: 301 km
narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Sweden
total: 11,633 km
standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,531 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
Switzerland
total: 4,888 km
standard gauge: 3,397 km 1.435-m gauge (3,142 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,481 km 1.000-m gauge (1,378 km electrified); 10 km
0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2008)
Syria
total: 2,052 km
standard gauge: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2008)
Taiwan
total: 1,588 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge; 150 km .762-m gauge
note: the 150 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan
Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities
(2007)
Tajikistan
total: 680 km
broad gauge: 680 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
Tanzania
total: 3,689 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Thailand
total: 4,071 km
standard gauge: 29 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 4,042 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Togo
total: 532 km
narrow gauge: 532 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Tunisia
total: 2,159 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,688 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2008)
Turkey
total: 8,697 km
standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2008)
Turkmenistan
total: 2,980 km
broad gauge: 2,980 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
Uganda
total: 1,244 km
narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Ukraine
total: 21,655 km
broad gauge: 21,655 km 1.524-m gauge (9,729 km electrified) (2008)
United Kingdom
total: 16,454 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,151 km 1.435-m gauge (5,248 km electrified) (2008)
United States
total: 226,427 km
standard gauge: 226,427 km 1.435-m gauge (2007)
Uruguay
total: 1,641 km
standard gauge: 1,641 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Uzbekistan
total: 3,645 km
broad gauge: 3,645 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2008)
Venezuela
total: 806 km
standard gauge: 806 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Vietnam
total: 2,347 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
World
total: 1,134,429 km (2008)
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) (2008)
Zimbabwe
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2008)
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