Transport > Railways > Note: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note.
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Armenia | some lines are out of service |
| Burkina Faso | another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire |
| Cambodia | under restoration |
| Costa Rica | none of the railway network is in use |
| Cote d'Ivoire | an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso |
| Cuba | 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 |
| Djibouti | railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable |
| Dominican Republic | additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges |
| El Salvador | railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance |
| Eritrea | railway is being rebuilt; 117 km open |
| Estonia | gauge being increased from 1.520-m to 1.524-m to reduce wear on wheels and rail as lines are modernized |
| Ethiopia | railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable |
| Fiji | belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) |
| Guyana | all dedicated to ore transport |
| Haiti | privately owned industrial line; closed in early 1990s |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station |
| Hong Kong | connects to China railway system at Hong Kong-China border |
| Hungary | Hungary and Austria jointly manage a cross-border, standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) with a route length of 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria; 156 km of this line is electrified |
| Jamaica | 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite |
| Lebanon | rail system became unusable because of damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 |
| Liberia | sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war |
| Liechtenstein | owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways |
| Nauru | gauge unknown; used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast |
| Russia | an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries |
| Sierra Leone | 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 |
| Singapore | there is also an 83 km mass transit system with 48 stations |
| South Africa | includes a 1,210 km commuter rail system |
| Suriname | Suriname railroads are not in operation |
| Taiwan | 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities) |
| United States | represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines |
| Uruguay | 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use |
| Zambia | includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) |
| Zimbabwe | includes the 318 km Bulawayo-Beitbridge Railway Company line |
