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Country
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Railways (km)
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Albania
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total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Algeria
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total: 3,973 km
standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2006)
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Angola
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total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
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Argentina
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total: 31,902 km
broad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
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Armenia
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total: 839 km
broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)
note: some lines are out of service (2006)
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Australia
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total: 38,550 km
broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified)
dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006)
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Austria
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total: 6,383 km
standard gauge: 5,924 km 1.435-m gauge (3,772 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 371 km 1.000-m gauge; 88 km 0.760-m gauge (25 km electrified) (2006)
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Azerbaijan
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total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006)
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Bangladesh
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total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Belarus
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total: 5,512 km
broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)
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Belgium
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total: 3,536 km
standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)
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Benin
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total: 758 km
narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Bolivia
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total: 3,504 km
narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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total: 608 km
standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Botswana
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total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Brazil
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total: 29,295 km
broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2006)
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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 (2006)
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Burkina Faso
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total: 622 km
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge
note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006)
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Burma
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total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Cambodia
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total: 602 km
narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Cameroon
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total: 987 km
narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Canada
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total: 48,068 km
standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Chile
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total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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China
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total: 75,438 km
standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified) (2005)
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Colombia
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total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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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 (2006)
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Congo, Republic of the
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total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Costa Rica
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total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge
note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2006)
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Croatia
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total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)
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Cuba
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total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2006)
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Czech Republic
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total: 9,597 km
standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
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Denmark
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total: 2,644 km
standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007)
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Djibouti
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total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the 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 (2006)
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Dominican Republic
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total: 517 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge
note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2006)
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Ecuador
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total: 966 km
narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Egypt
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total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)
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El Salvador
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total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 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 (2007)
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Eritrea
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total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)
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Estonia
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total: 816 km
broad gauge: 816 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (131 km electrified) (2007)
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Ethiopia
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total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2006)
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European Union
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total: 236,436 km
broad gauge: 28,250 km
standard gauge: 200,401 km
narrow gauge: 7,771 km
other: 23 km (2007)
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Fiji
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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 (2006)
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Finland
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total: 5,741 km
broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006)
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France
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total: 29,370 km
standard gauge: 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Gabon
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total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Georgia
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total: 1,612 km
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2006)
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Germany
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total: 48,215 km
standard gauge: 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
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Ghana
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total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Greece
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total: 2,571 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2006)
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Guatemala
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total: 886 km
narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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Guinea
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total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Honduras
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total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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Hungary
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total: 8,057 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
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India
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total: 63,221 km
broad gauge: 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006)
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Indonesia
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total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
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Iran
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total: 8,367 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006)
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Iraq
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total: 2,272 km
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Ireland
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total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006)
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Isle of Man
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total: 65 km
standard gauge: 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified)
note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2006)
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Israel
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total: 853 km
standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Italy
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total: 19,460 km
standard gauge: 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2006)
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Japan
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total: 23,474 km
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,182 km 1.067-m gauge (13,334 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2006)
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Jordan
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total: 505 km
narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
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Kazakhstan
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total: 13,700 km
broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006)
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Kenya
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total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Korea, North
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total: 5,235 km
standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)
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Korea, South
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total: 3,381 km
standard gauge: 3,381 km 1.435-m gauge (1,843 km electrified) (2008)
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Kosovo
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total: 430 km
standard gauge: 430 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
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Kyrgyzstan
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total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
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Latvia
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total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
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Lebanon
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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 (2006)
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Liberia
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total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during civil wars from 1980 to 2003 (2008)
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Libya
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0 km
note: Libya plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006)
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Liechtenstein
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9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006)
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Lithuania
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total: 1,771 km
broad gauge: 1,749 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Luxembourg
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total: 275 km
standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)
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Macedonia
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total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)
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Madagascar
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total: 854 km
narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Malawi
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total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Malaysia
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total: 1,890 km
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2006)
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Mali
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total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Mauritania
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717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Mexico
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total: 17,665 km
standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Moldova
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total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Mongolia
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total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
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Montenegro
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total: 250 km
standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006)
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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) (2006)
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Mozambique
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total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
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Namibia
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total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Nepal
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total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
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Netherlands
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total: 2,801 km
standard gauge: 2,801 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2007)
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New Zealand
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total: 4,128 km
narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)
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Nicaragua
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total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Nigeria
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total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Norway
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total: 4,114 km
standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2008)
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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 (2006)
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Panama
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total: 355 km
standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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Paraguay
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total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Peru
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total: 1,989 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
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Philippines
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total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006)
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Poland
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total: 23,072 km
broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational; 11,910 km electrified) (2006)
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Portugal
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total: 2,786 km
broad gauge: 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Puerto Rico
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total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Romania
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total: 10,789 km
broad gauge: 57 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 10,731 km 1.435-m gauge (3,965 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1 km 0.760-m gauge (2007)
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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 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)
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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total: 50 km
narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)
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Saudi Arabia
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total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006)
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Senegal
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total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)
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Serbia
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total: 3,379 km
standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)
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Slovakia
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total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006)
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Slovenia
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total: 1,229 km
standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)
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South Africa
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total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)
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Spain
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total: 14,974 km
broad gauge: 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,099 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,928 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2006)
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Sri Lanka
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total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)
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Sudan
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total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
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Swaziland
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total: 301 km
narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
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Sweden
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total: 11,528 km
standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)
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Switzerland
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total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)
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Syria
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total: 2,711 km
standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
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Taiwan
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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)
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Tajikistan
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total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
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Tanzania
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total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Thailand
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total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Togo
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total: 568 km
narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Tunisia
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total: 2,153 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)
dual gauge: 8 km 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2006)
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Turkey
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total: 8,697 km
standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006)
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Turkmenistan
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total: 2,440 km
broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
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Uganda
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total: 1,244 km
narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Ukraine
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total: 21,852 km
broad gauge: 21,852 km 1.524-m gauge (9,648 km electrified) (2007)
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United Kingdom
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total: 16,567 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006)
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United States
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total: 226,612 km
standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
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Uruguay
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total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2006)
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Uzbekistan
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total: 3,950 km
broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2006)
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Venezuela
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total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
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Vietnam
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total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (2006)
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World
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total: 1,370,782 km (2006)
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Zambia
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total: 2,157 km
narrow gauge: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2006)
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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) (2006)
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