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.
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| 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) |
| Taiwan | total: 1,582 km standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,091 km 1.067-m gauge; 146 km .762-m gauge note: the 146 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau, some to other entities (2008) |
| 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: 2,167 km standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,688 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) dual gauge: 8 km (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: 21,658 km broad gauge: 21,658 km 1.524-m gauge (9,729 km electrified) (2009) |
| 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 (1,200 km operational) standard gauge: 1,641 km 1.435-m gauge (2010) |
| 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: 1,138,632 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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