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Country
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Railways ( km)
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Afghanistan
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total: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya (2001)
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Albania
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total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2001 est.)
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Algeria
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total: 4,820 km
standard gauge: 3,664 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km double-track)
narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge (1999 est.)
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American Samoa
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0 km
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Andorra
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0 km
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Angola
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total: 2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war)
narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Anguilla
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0 km
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Antigua and Barbuda
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total: 77 km
narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane) (2001 est.)
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Argentina
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total: 33,744 km (167 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Armenia
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total: 852 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2001 est.)
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Aruba
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0 km
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Australia
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total: 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified)
broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999 est.)
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Austria
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total: 6,095.2 km (3,643.3 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (3,521.2 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33.9 km 1.000-m gauge (28.1 km electrified); 497.1 km 0.760-m gauge (94 km electrified) (2001 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993 est.)
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Bahamas, The
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0 km
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Bahrain
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0 km
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Bangladesh
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total: 2,745 km
broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Barbados
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0 km
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Belarus
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total: 5,523 km
broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2000 est.)
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Belgium
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total: 3,422 km
standard gauge: 3,422 km 1.435-m gauge (2,517 km electrified; 2,563 km double-tracked) (2001)
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Belize
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0 km
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Benin
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total: 578 km
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Bermuda
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0 km
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Bhutan
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0 km
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Bolivia
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total: 3,691 km
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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total: 1,021 km (795 km electrified; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge; note - many segments still need repair and/or reconstruction because of war damage (2000 est.)
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Botswana
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total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Brazil
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total:
broad gauge: 5,679 km 1.600-m gauge (1,199 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 24,666 km 1.000-m gauge (930 km electrified)
dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails)
note: in addition to the interurban routes itemized above, Brazil has 247.8 km of suburban railway consisting of 170.8 km of 1.600-m gauge (75 km electrified) and 77 km of 1.000-m gauge (1999 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
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0 km
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Brunei
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total: 13 km (private line)
narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge (2001 est.)
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Bulgaria
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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 (2002)
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Burkina Faso
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total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
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Burma
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total: 3,991 km
narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Burundi
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0 km
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Cambodia
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total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge (2001 est.)
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Cameroon
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total: 1,104 km
narrow gauge: 1,104 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
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Canada
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total: 36,114 km
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified)
note: Canada has two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service is provided by the government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own (2000 est.)
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Cape Verde
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0 km
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Cayman Islands
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0 km
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Central African Republic
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0 km
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Chad
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0 km
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Chile
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total: 6,702 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 117 km 1.067-m gauge (28 km electrified); 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2000 est.)
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China
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total: 67,524 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails)
standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-m gauge (13,362 km electrified; 20,250 km double-track)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m and 1.000-m gauge local industrial lines (1999 est.)
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Christmas Island
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24 km to serve phosphate mines
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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0 km
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Colombia
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total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines to maritime port at Bahia de Portete)
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not in use) (2000 est.)
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Comoros
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0 km
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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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
note: severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage to facilities by civil strife (2000 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Cook Islands
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0 km
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Costa Rica
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total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double-track
note: an additional 600 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso, ending at Kaya, north of Ouagadougou (2000 est.)
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Croatia
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total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (NA electrified) (2000)
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Cuba
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total: 4,807 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge, in public use (147 km electrified)
note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.)
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Cyprus
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0 km
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Czech Republic
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total: 9,444 km
standard gauge: 9,350 km 1.435-m gauge (2,843 km electrified; 1,929 km double-track)
narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Denmark
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total: 2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)
standard gauge: 2,859 km 1.435-m gauge (600 km electrified; 760 km double-track) (1998 est.)
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Djibouti
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total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003 (2001 est.)
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Dominica
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0 km
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Dominican Republic
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total: 757 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway)
miscellaneous gauge: 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000 est.)
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East Timor
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0 km
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Ecuador
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total: 965 km
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Egypt
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total: 4,955 km
standard gauge: 4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 km double-track) (2000 est.)
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El Salvador
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total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
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total: 0 km
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Eritrea
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total: 317 km
narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge
note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way (2001 est.)
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Estonia
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total: 968 km common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated industrial lines
broad gauge: 968 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (2001)
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Ethiopia
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total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals and since then Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines; in 2001, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to build a line from Ethiopia to Port Sudan (2000 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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0 km
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Faroe Islands
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0 km
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Fiji
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total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.610-m gauge
note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation (1995)
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Finland
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total: 5,865 km
broad gauge: 5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,234 km electrified; 480 km double- or multiple-track) (2000 est.)
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France
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total: 31,939 km (operated by French National Railways (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132 km are double- or multiple-track)
standard gauge: 31,840 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 99 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)
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French Guiana
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0 km
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French Polynesia
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0 km
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Gabon
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total: 649 km
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single-track (2000 est.)
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Gambia, The
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0 km
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Gaza Strip
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total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and in disrepair, little trackage remains (2001 est.)
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Georgia
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total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,546 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (2000 est.)
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Germany
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total: 44,000 km (including at least 20,300 km electrified); most routes are double- or multiple-track
note: since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the track it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own approximately 3,000 to 4,000 km of track (2001 est.)
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Ghana
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total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge; undergoing major rehabilitation (2001 est.)
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Gibraltar
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total: NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only (no longer used) (2001 est.)
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Greece
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total: 2,571 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack-type railway for steep grades)
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2001 est.)
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Greenland
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0 km
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Grenada
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0 km
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Guadeloupe
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total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines
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Guam
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0 km
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Guatemala
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total: 884 km
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single-track)
note: much of the railway is inoperable (2001 est.)
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Guernsey
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5 km
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Guinea
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total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry) (2000 est.)
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Guinea-Bissau
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0 km
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Guyana
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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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Haiti
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total: 40 km
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge; single-track
note: privately owned industrial line; closed in early 1990s (2001 est.)
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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total: 0.86 km
standard gauge: 0.86 km 1.435-m gauge
note: a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station (2001 est.)
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Honduras
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total: 595 km
narrow gauge: 318 km 1.067-m gauge; 277 km 0.914-m gauge (2000)
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Hong Kong
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total: 34 km
standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified and double-tracked)
note: connects to China railway system at Hong Kong-China border (2001)
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Hungary
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total: 7,869 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,614 km 1.435-m gauge (2,423 km electrified; 1,236 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge
note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border, standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) which has a route length of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria (2001)
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Iceland
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0 km
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India
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total: 63,693 km (13,771 km electrified)
broad gauge: 45,103 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,178 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,105 km 0.762-m gauge; 307 km 0.610-m gauge (2001)
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Indonesia
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total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (101 km electrified; 101 km double-track); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2001)
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Iran
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total: 6,130 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 6,036 km 1.435-m gauge (187 km electrified)
note: broad-gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems; 41 km of the standard-gauge, electrified track is in suburban service at Tehran (2001)
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Iraq
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total: 2,339 km
standard gauge: 2,339 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)
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Ireland
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total: 3,314 km
broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001)
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Israel
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total: 647 km
standard gauge: 647 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)
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Italy
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total: 19,786 km
standard gauge: 18,761 km 1.435-m gauge (11,251 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km electrified); 912 km 0.950-m gauge (192 km electrified) (2001)
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Jamaica
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total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km, belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation, were in common carrier service but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite (2000)
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Japan
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total: 23,654 km (15,895 km electrified)
standard gauge: 3,059 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (entirely electrified); 20,491 km 1.067-m gauge (12,732 km electrified); 27 km 0.762-m gauge (entirely electrified) (2000)
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Jersey
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0 km
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Jordan
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total: 677 km
narrow gauge: 677 km 1.050-m gauge (2001)
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Juan de Nova Island
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total: NA km; short line going to a jetty
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Kazakhstan
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total: 13,601 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 13,601 km 1.520-m gauge (3,661 km electrified) (2001)
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Kenya
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total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge
note: the line connecting Nairobi with the port of Mombasa is the most important in the country
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Kiribati
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0 km
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Korea, North
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total: 5,000 km
standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified; 159 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge
dual gauge: 240 km 1.435-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails provide two gauges) (1996)
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Korea, South
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total: 3,124 km
standard gauge: 3,124 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2000)
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Kuwait
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0 km
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Kyrgyzstan
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total: 370 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 370 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
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Laos
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0 km (2001)
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Latvia
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total: 2,412 km
broad gauge: 2,379 km 1.520-m gauge (271 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2001)
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Lebanon
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total: 399 km
standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m
note: entire system is unusable because of damage in civil war (2001)
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Lesotho
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total: 2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and included in the statistics of South Africa
narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)
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Liberia
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total: 490 km (328 km single-track)
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: in 1989, Liberia had three rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap (2001)
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Libya
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note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard-gauge line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libya signed contracts with two private companies - Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (2001)
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Liechtenstein
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total: 18.5 km
standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways (2001)
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Lithuania
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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 (2001)
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Luxembourg
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total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2001)
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Macau
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0 km
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified)
note: a 56-km extension of the Kumanovo-Beljakovce line to the Bulgarian border at Gyueshevo is under construction (2001)
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Madagascar
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total: 893 km
narrow gauge: 893 km 1.000-m gauge (2001)
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Malawi
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total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2001)
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Malaysia
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total: 1,801 km
narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2001)
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Maldives
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0 km
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Mali
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total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge
note: linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes (2001)
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Malta
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0 km
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Man, Isle of
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total: 68.5 km (43.5 km electrified) (2001)
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Marshall Islands
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0 km
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Martinique
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0 km (2002)
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Mauritania
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704 km
standard gauge: 704 km 1.435-m gauge
note: owned and operated by government mining company (2001)
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Mauritius
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0 km (2002)
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Mayotte
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0 km (2002)
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Mexico
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total: 18,000 km
standard gauge: 18,000 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)
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Moldova
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total: 1,328 km
broad gauge: 1,328 km 1.520-m gauge (2001)
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Monaco
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total: 1.7 km
standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)
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Mongolia
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1,815 km
broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.524-m gauge (2001)
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Morocco
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total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double-tracked) (2001)
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Mozambique
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total: 3,131 km
narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (2001)
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Namibia
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total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2001)
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Nauru
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total: 5 km
note: gauge unknown; used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast (2001)
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Nepal
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total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge
note: all in Kosi close to Indian border (2001)
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Netherlands
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total: 2,808 km
standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2001)
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Netherlands Antilles
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0 km (2002)
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New Caledonia
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0 km (2002)
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New Zealand
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total: 3,908 km
narrow gauge: 3,908 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2001)
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Nicaragua
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total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge
note: carries mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (2001)
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Niger
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0 km (2002)
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Nigeria
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total: 3,557 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge
note: years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system; a project to restore Nigeria's railways is now underway (2001)
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Niue
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0 km
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Norfolk Island
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0 km
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Northern Mariana Islands
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0 km
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Norway
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total: 4,006 km
standard gauge: 4,006 km 1.435-m gauge (2,471 km electrified) (2001)
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Oman
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0 km
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Pakistan
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total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2001)
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Palau
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0 km
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Panama
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total: 355 km
broad gauge: 76 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge (2001)
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Papua New Guinea
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0 km
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Paraguay
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total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
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Peru
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total: 2,102 km
standard gauge: 1,695 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 407 km 0.914-m gauge (2001)
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Philippines
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total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (405 km are not in operation) (2001)
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Pitcairn Islands
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Poland
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total: 23,420 km
broad gauge: 646 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified; 8,978 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (2001)
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Portugal
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total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2001)
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Puerto Rico
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total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge,
note: rural, narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; no passenger service (2001)
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Qatar
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Reunion
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Romania
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total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)
standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge
broad gage: 60 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2001)
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Russia
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total: 87,157 km
broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km are electrified)
narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (installed on Sakhalin Island)
note: an additional 63,000 km of broad gauge routes serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use (2002)
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Rwanda
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Saint Helena
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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total: 58 km
narrow gauge: 58 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations (2002)
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Samoa
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San Marino
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0 km; note - there is a 1.5-km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Saudi Arabia
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total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (724 km are double-tracked) (2001)
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Senegal
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total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double-tracked) (2001)
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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total: 84 km
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
note: Sierra Leone has no common carrier railroads; the existing railroad is private and used on a limited basis while the mine at Marampa is closed (2001)
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Singapore
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total: 38.6 km
narrow gauge: 38.6 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there is also a 83 km mass transit system with 48 stations
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Slovakia
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total: 3,660 km
broad gauge: 102 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,507 km 1.435-m gauge (1,505 km electrified; 1,011 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (2001)
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Slovenia
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total: 1,201 km
standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (489 km electrified) (2001)
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Solomon Islands
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Somalia
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South Africa
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total: 20,384 km
narrow gauge: 20,070 km 1.067-m gauge (9,090 km electrified); 314 km 0.610-m gauge
note: in addition, South Africa has an electrified 1.065-m gauge commuter rail system, with a total length of 1,254 km, which serves Johannesburg-Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, East London, and Port Elizabeth (2001)
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Spain
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total: 15,171 km
broad gauge: 12,781 km 1.668-m gauge (6,434 km electrified)
standard gauge: 525 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,837 km 1.000-m gauge (617 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2001)
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Sri Lanka
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total: 1,463 km
broad gauge: 1,404 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2001)
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Sudan
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total: 5,995 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge plantation line
note: the 1.067-m line from Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic; the 0.600-m gauge system serves Sudan's cotton plantations with over 120 collecting stations (2001)
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Suriname
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total: 166 km (single-track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2001)
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Svalbard
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Swaziland
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total: 297 km
narrow gauge: 297 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 71 km which are not in use (2001)
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Sweden
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total: 12,821 km
standard gauge: 12,600 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 221 km 0.891-m gauge (2001)
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Switzerland
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total: 4,406 km
standard gauge: 3,440 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 900 km 1.000-m gauge; 10 km 0.800-m gauge
dual gauge: 56 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (3 rail system)
note: Swiss railways are virtually all electrified (2001)
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Syria
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total: 2,750 km
standard gauge: 2,423 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 327 km 1.050-m gauge
note: rail link between Syria and Iraq replaced in 2000 (2001)
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Taiwan
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total: 1,108 km
narrow gauge: 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
note: in addition to the above routes in common carrier service, there are several thousand kilometers of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated to industrial use (2001)
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Tajikistan
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total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge
note: includes only lines in common carrier service; lines dedicated to particular industries are excluded (2001)
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Tanzania
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total: 3,569 km
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia) is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways (2001)
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Thailand
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total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (`2001)
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Togo
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total: 525 km
narrow gauge: 525 km 1.000-m gauge (2001)
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Tokelau
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Tonga
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Trinidad and Tobago
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minimal agricultural railroad system near San Fernando; common carrier railway service was discontinued in 1968 (2001)
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Tunisia
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total: 2,168 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,687 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails) (2001)
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Turkey
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total: 8,607 km
standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-m gauge (2,131 km electrified) (2001)
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Turkmenistan
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total: 2,440 km
broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2001)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Tuvalu
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Uganda
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total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge
note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (2001)
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Ukraine
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total: 22,510 km
broad gauge: 21,951 km 1.524-m gauge (8,927 km electrified)
standard gauge: 49 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 510 km 0.750-m gauge
note: these data do not include railroads dedicated to serving industry and not in common carrier service (2001)
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United Arab Emirates
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United Kingdom
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total: 16,878 km
standard gauge: 16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double- or multiple-tracked)
broad gauge: 342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double-tracked)
note: all 1.600-m gauge track is in common carrier service in Northern Ireland (1996)
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United States
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total: 212,433 km mainline routes
standard gauge: 212,433 km 1.435-m gauge
note: represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for Class II and III railroads (1998)
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Uruguay
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total: 2,993 km
standard gauge: 2,993 km 1.435-m gauge
note: of the total route length, 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in only partial use; moreover, not all lines offer passenger service (2001)
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Uzbekistan
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total: 3,656 km
broad gauge: 3,656 km 1.520-m gauge (618 km electrified) (2000)
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Vanuatu
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Venezuela
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total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 248 km of the existing system are privately owned; passenger services are nonexistent; however, a National Railways Plan, intended to provide a significant railway system, has been initiated (2001)
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Vietnam
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total: 3,142 km
standard gauge: 209 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,625 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 308 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (2001)
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Virgin Islands
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Wallis and Futuna
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West Bank
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Western Sahara
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World
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total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line
broad gauge: 251,153 km
standard gauge: 710,754 km
narrow gauge: 239,430 km
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Yemen
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Yugoslavia
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total: 4,059 km
standard gauge: 4,059 km 1.435-m gauge (1,377 km electrified)
note: during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the Serbian rail system suffered significant damage due to bridge destruction; many rail bridges have been rebuilt; Montenegrin rail lines remain intact (2001)
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Zambia
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total: 2,157 km
narrow gauge: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double-track)
note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA is not a part of the Zambia Railways system; Zambia Railways assets are scheduled for concessioning (2002)
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Zimbabwe
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total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 km double-tracked)
note: includes the 318 km Bulawaya-Beitbridge Railway Company line (2001)
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