Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma
France
Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen
French Polynesia
Papeete
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
none; offshore anchorage only
Gabon
Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil
Gambia, The
Banjul
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Georgia
Bat'umi, P'ot'i
Germany
Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck,
Neuss-Dusseldorf, Rostock, Wilhemshaven
Ghana
Takoradi, Tema
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Greece
Agioi Theodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki
Greenland
Sisimiut
Grenada
Saint George's
Guam
Apra Harbor
Guatemala
Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla
Guernsey
Braye Bay, Saint Peter Port
Guinea
Conakry, Kamsar
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Guyana
Georgetown
Haiti
Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Port-au-Prince
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
none; offshore anchorage only
Honduras
La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hungary
Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs
Iceland
Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik
India
Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai
(Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam
Indian Ocean
Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban
(South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India)
Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South
Africa)
Indonesia
Banjarmasin, Belawan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang,
Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok
Iran
Assaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Eman Khomeyni
Iraq
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
Ireland
Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Isle of Man
Douglas, Ramsey
Israel
Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
Italy
Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Santa Panagia (Melilli),
Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Jamaica
Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port
Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point
Jan Mayen
none; offshore anchorage only
Japan
Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo,
Tomakomai, Yokohama
Jersey
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Jordan
Al 'Aqabah
Kazakhstan
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen
(Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Kenya
Kisumu, Mombasa
Kiribati
Betio (Tarawa Atoll), Canton Island, English Harbor
Korea, North
Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Namp'o, Senbong,
Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Wonsan
Korea, South
Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan, Yosu
Kuwait
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina'
'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
Kyrgyzstan
Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Latvia
Riga, Ventspils
Lebanon
Beirut, Tripoli
Liberia
Buchanan, Monrovia
Libya
Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli
Lithuania
Butinge, Klaipeda
Luxembourg
Mertert
Macau
Macau
Madagascar
Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
(Tulear)
Malawi
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Malaysia
Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang
(Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas
Maldives
Male
Mali
Koulikoro
Malta
Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta
Marshall Islands
Enitwetak Island, Kwajalein, Majuro
Mauritania
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mayotte
Dzaoudzi
Mexico
Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Salina
Cruz, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States of
Colonia (Tomil Harbor), Lele Harbor,
Pohnepi Harbor
Monaco
Monaco
Montenegro
Bar
Montserrat
Little Bay, Plymouth
Morocco
Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar, Mohammedia, Safi, Tangier
Mozambique
Beira, Maputo, Nacala
Namibia
Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Nauru
Nauru
Navassa Island
none; offshore anchorage only
Netherlands
Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Moerdijk, Rotterdam, Terneuzen,
Vlissingen
New Caledonia
Noumea
New Zealand
Auckland, Lyttelton, Manukau Harbor, Marsden Point,
Tauranga, Wellington
Nicaragua
Bluefields, Corinto
Nigeria
Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos
Niue
Alofi
Norfolk Island
Kingston
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, Tinian, Rota
Norway
Bergen, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Sture
Oman
Mina' Qabus, Salalah, Suhar
Pacific Ocean
Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung
(Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South
Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China),
Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington
(NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
Pakistan
Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
Palau
Koror
Panama
Balboa, Colon, Cristobal
Papua New Guinea
Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak
Paracel Islands
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and
Duncan Island
Paraguay
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Peru
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note -
Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the
Amazon and its tributaries
Philippines
Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Poland
Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
Portugal
Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Puerto Rico
Ensenada Honda, Mayaguez, Playa de Guayanilla, Playa de
Ponce, San Juan
Qatar
Doha, Mesaieed (Umaieed), Ra's Laffan
Romania
Braila, Constanta, Galati (Galatz), Mancanului (Giurgiu),
Midia, Tulcea
Russia
Kaliningrad, Kavkaz, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Primorsk, Saint
Petersburg, Vostochnyy
Rwanda
Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Saint Barthelemy
Gustavia
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena: Jamestown
Ascension Island: Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, Charlestown
Saint Lucia
Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
Samoa
Apia
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Singapore
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg
Slovakia
Bratislava, Komarno
Slovenia
Koper
Solomon Islands
Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor, Tulaghi
Somalia
Berbera, Kismaayo
South Africa
Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay,
Saldanha Bay
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Grytviken
Southern Ocean
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
note: few ports or harbors exist on the southern side of the
Southern Ocean; ice conditions limit use of most to short periods in
midsummer; even then some cannot be entered without icebreaker
escort; most Antarctic ports are operated by government research
stations and, except in an emergency, are not open to commercial or
private vessels
Spain
Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona,
Valencia (Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Spratly Islands
none; offshore anchorage only
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sudan
Port Sudan
Suriname
Paramaribo, Wageningen
Svalbard
Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden
Sweden
Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo,
Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby
Switzerland
Basel
Syria
Baniyas, Latakia, Tartus
Taiwan
Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar
Thailand
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Map Ta Phut, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
Timor-Leste
Dili
Togo
Kpeme, Lome
Tokelau
none; offshore anchorage only
Tonga
Nuku'alofa, Neiafu, Pangai
Trinidad and Tobago
Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain,
Scarborough
Tunisia
Bizerte, Gabes, Rades, Sfax, Skhira
Turkey
Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mercin
Limani, Yarimca
Turkmenistan
Turkmenbasy
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Harbour, Grand Turk, Providenciales
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Uganda
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Ukraine
Feodosiya (Theodosia), Illichivsk, Mariupol', Mykolayiv,
Odesa, Yuzhnyy
United Arab Emirates
Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Khawr
Fakkan (Khor Fakkan), Mubarraz Island, Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina'
Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah),
United Kingdom
Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London,
Southampton, Teesport (England); Forth Ports, Hound Point
(Scotland); Milford Haven (Wales)
United States
cargo ports (tonnage): Baton Rouge, Corpus Christi,
Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York,
Plaquemines, Tampa, Texas City
container ports (TEUs): Los Angeles (7,849,985), Long Beach
(6,350,125), New York/New Jersey (5,265,058), Savannah (2,616,126),
Oakland (2,236,244), Hampton Roads (2,083,278) (2008)
cruise departure ports (passengers): Miami (2,032,000), Port
Everglades (1,277,000), Port Canaveral (1,189,000), Seattle
(430,000), Long Beach (415,000) (2009)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
Baker, Howland, and
Jarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef: none; offshore anchorage only
Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island
Midway Islands: Sand Island
Palmyra Atoll: West Lagoon
Uruguay
Montevideo
Uzbekistan
Termiz (Amu Darya)
Vanuatu
Forari Bay, Luganville (Santo, Espiritu Santo), Port-Vila
Venezuela
La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
Vietnam
Cam Pha Port, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu My,
Quy Nhon
Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, Cruz Bay,
Frederiksted, Limetree Bay
Wake Island
none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and Futuna
Leava, Mata-Utu
Western Sahara
Ad Dakhla, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
World
top ten container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent
Units (TEUs) throughput: Singapore - 25,866,400; Shanghai -
25,002,000; Hong Kong - 20,983,000; Shenzhen (China) - 18,250,100;
Pusan (South Korea) - 11,954,861; Guangzhou (China) - 11,190,000;
Dubai (UAE) - 11,124,082; Ningbo (China) - 10,502,800; Qingdao
(China) - 10,260,000; - Rotterdam - 9,743,290 (2009)
Yemen
Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla
Zambia
Mpulungu
Zimbabwe
Binga, Kariba
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Field Listing :: Railways
This entry states the total route length of the railway network and
of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual.
Other gauges are listed under note.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Railways(km)
Albania
total: 896 km
standard gauge: 896 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
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 (2008)
Angola
total: 2,764 km
narrow gauge: 2,641 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2008)
Argentina
total: 31,409 km
broad gauge: 27,301 km 1.676-m gauge (94 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,780 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,328 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Armenia
total: 845 km
broad gauge: 845 km 1.520-m gauge (818 km electrified)
note: some lines are out of service (2008)
Australia
total: 37,855 km
broad gauge: 142 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 24,409 km 1.435-m gauge (1,094 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 13,304 km 1.067-m gauge (1,193 km electrified) (2008)
Austria
total: 6,399 km
standard gauge: 5,927 km 1.435-m gauge (3,688 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 384 km 1.000-m gauge (15 km electrified); 88 km
0.760-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2008)
Azerbaijan
total: 2,918 km
broad gauge: 2,918 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2009)
Bangladesh
total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Belarus
total: 5,537 km
broad gauge: 5,512 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
standard gauge: 25 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Belgium
total: 3,233 km
standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2008)
Benin
total: 578 km
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Bolivia
total: 3,504 km
narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 1,000 km
standard gauge: 1,000 km 1.435-m gauge (590 km electrified) (2008)
Botswana
total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Brazil
total: 28,857 km
broad gauge: 5,709 km 1.600-m gauge (459 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 22,954 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Bulgaria
total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2008)
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
(2008)
Burma
total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Cambodia
total: 690 km
narrow gauge: 690 km 1.000-m gauge
note: under restoration (2010)
Cameroon
total: 987 km
narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Canada
total: 46,688 km
standard gauge: 46,688 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
Chile
total: 5,483 km
broad gauge: 1,706 km 1.676-m gauge (850 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,777 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
China
total: 77,834 km
standard gauge: 77,084 km 1.435-m gauge (24,433 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 750 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)
Christmas Island
total: 18 km
standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
Colombia
total: 3,802 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 0.914-m gauge (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 4,007 km
narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km
1.000-m gauge (2008)
Congo, Republic of the
total: 795 km
narrow gauge: 795 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Costa Rica
total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2008)
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 (2008)
Croatia
total: 2,722 km
standard gauge: 2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (985 km electrified) (2009)
Cuba
total: 8,598 km
standard gauge: 8,322 km 1.435-m gauge (176 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 276 km 1.000-gauge
note: 4,533 km of the track is used by sugar plantations; 4,257 km
is standard gauge; 276 km is narrow gauge (2006)
Czech Republic
total: 9,620 km
standard gauge: 9,521 km 1.435-m gauge (3,013 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 99 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)
Denmark
total: 2,667 km
standard gauge: 2,667 km 1.435-m gauge (640 km electrified) (2008)
Djibouti
total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the 781 km Addis
Ababa-Djibouti railway)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is
largely inoperable (2008)
Dominican Republic
total: 1,784 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,409 km 1.076-m, 0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges
note: 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and
0.762-m gauges (2008)
Ecuador
total: 965 km
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
Egypt
total: 5,500 km
standard gauge: 5,500 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2009)
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: 1,196 km
broad gauge: 1,196 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); 180 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: 75 km
narrow gauge: 75 km 1.067-m gauge (2009)
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: 64,015 km
broad gauge: 52,808 km 1.676-m gauge (18,172 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 8,473 km 1.000-m gauge; 2,734 km 0.762-m gauge and
0.610-m gauge (2009)
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: 949 km
standard gauge: 949 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: 26,435 km
standard gauge: 3,978 km 1.435-m gauge (3,978 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.372-m gauge (96 km electrified); 22,313 km
1.067-m gauge (15,235 km electrified); 48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km
electrified) (2009)
Jordan
total: 507 km
narrow gauge: 507 km 1.050-m gauge (2008)
Kazakhstan
total: 15,082 km
broad gauge: 15,082 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: 5,242 km
standard gauge: 5,242 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2009)
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: 1,768 km
broad gauge: 1,746 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2009)
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 (234 km electrified) (2009)
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: 2,896 km
standard gauge: 2,896 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2009)
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: 11,568 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)