This list of countries by rail transport network size based on length of rail lines. [1]
For the purposes of this page, railway has been defined as a fixed route laid with rails along which wagons can be transported. Wagons may be powered by various means and may be used to transport people or goods. Temporary lines laid for a specific purposes are not considered unless specified. Countries include the nations listed in the List of sovereign states along with reference ISO 3166 codes which list ISO 3166-1 numeric three-digit country codes which are maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
Country/Territory | Length (km) | % of the total electrified | (per route km) | Historical peak length (km) | Nationalized or private [lower-alpha 1] | Data year | References | ISO 3166-1 | ||
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Total | Electrified | Area (km2) | Population | |||||||
United States | 220,044 | 1,847 [lower-alpha 2] | 0.84% | 44.69 | 1,522 | 428,180 (1917) | Track ownership and freight mostly private, passenger mostly public | 2019 | [7] [8] | 840 |
China | 159,000 | 119,000 | 75.20% | 60.61 | 8,865 | 159,000 (2023) | Nationalized | 2023 | [9] | 156 |
Russia | 105,000 | 54,054 | 51.48% | 162.84 | 1,367 | 150,000 (1989) | Nationalized | 2022 | [10] | 643 |
India | 68,584 | 64,080 | 93.43% | 47.93 | 21,038 | 68,584 (2023) | Nationalized | 2024 | [11] [12] | 356 |
Canada | 49,422 | 129 | 0.20% | 214.48 | 674 | 69,636 (1940) | Freight - private Passenger - public | 2017 | [13] [14] | 124 |
Germany | 40,625 | 22,500 | 55.38% | 9.26 | 2,145 | 61,498 (1910) | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | [14] | 276 |
Argentina | 36,966 | 190 | 0.51% | 77.45 | 1,117 | 47,000 | Both | 2014 | [13] | 032 |
Australia | 33,168 | 3,393 | 10.23% | 231.91 | 742 | Both | 2017 | [15] | 036 | |
Brazil | 29,817 | 9,025 | 30.27% | 299.6 | 7,225 | Both [lower-alpha 3] | 2014 | [16] | 076 | |
France | 27,483 | 16,067 | 58.46% | 22.78 | 2,374 | 63,000 (1923) | Nationalized | 2019 | [17] | 250 |
Japan | 27,311 | 20,534 | 75.19% | 16.10 | 5,451 | Both | 2015 | [13] | 392 | |
Mexico | 23,389 | 802.7 | 3.43% | 114.43 | 6,697 | 26,914 | Both | 2020 | [18] [19] | 484 |
South Africa | 20,953 | 7,413 | 46.51% | 58.28 | 2,577 | Nationalized | 2017 | [20] [21] [22] | 710 | |
Romania | 20,077 | 6,600 | 30.42% | 22.13 | 1,823 | 23,955 [lower-alpha 4] | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | 642 | |
Italy | 24,567 | 19,940 | 81.17% | 15.03 | 3,026 | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | [24] | 380 | |
Ukraine | 19,787 | 9,319 | 46.78% | 28.81 | 2,140 | Nationalized | 2019 | [25] | 804 | |
Poland | 19,576 | 12,236 | 62.51% | 16.28 | 2,001 | 27,000 (1954) | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | [26] [27] | 616 |
Iran | 16,998 | 2,200 | 12.94% | 148.41 | 6,816 | Nationalized | 2014 | [28] [29] | 364 | |
Spain | 16,355 [lower-alpha 5] | 11,127 | 68.03% | 31.73 | 2,920 | 18,000+ (in 1950s) | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | [33] | 724 |
United Kingdom | 16,179 [lower-alpha 6] | 6,065 [lower-alpha 7] | 37.49% | 15.10 | 4,178 | 34,075 (1929) [lower-alpha 8] | State owned infrastructure with passenger operations contracted out in Britain and publicly run in Northern Ireland. | 2023 | [34] [35] [36] [37] | 826 |
Kazakhstan | 15,530 | 4,200 | 27.04% | 175 | 1,146 | Nationalized | 2016 | 398 | ||
Turkey | 13,128 | 6,244 | 47.6% | 76 | 7,821 | Nationalized | 2022 | [38] | 792 | |
Myanmar | 11,025 | 0 | 0.00% | 171.07 | 12,127 | Nationalized | 2006 | [13] | 104 | |
Sweden | 10,912 | 8,186 | 75.02% | 41 | 958 | 16,900 (around 1938) [39] | Nationalized with private operators Most services subject to franchising. | 2021 | [40] | 752 |
Czech Republic | 9,567 | 3,237 | 33.84% | 8.24 | 1,106 | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | [41] | 203 | |
Indonesia | 8,260 | 621 | 7.51% | 219.31 | 32,712 | 8,260 | Nationalized | 2023 | [42] | 360 |
Hungary | 7,945 | 2,889 | 36.36% | 11.71 | 1,233 | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | 348 | ||
Pakistan | 7,791 | 27.1 | 0.34% | 117.74 | 32,433 | 8,122 (in 1947) | Nationalized | 2015 | [43] | 586 |
Egypt | 7,024 | 62 | 0.88% | 153.43 | 13,888 | Nationalized | 2017 | [44] | 818 | |
Chile | 6,634 | 0 | 0.00% | 128.2 | 2,931 | 8,930 (1930) | Nationalized | 2006 | [14] | 152 |
Sudan | 6,084 | 0 | 0.00% | 339.81 | 5,640 | Nationalized | 2006 | 729 | ||
Finland | 5,926 | 3,270 | 55.18% | 57.06 | 929 | Nationalized | 2017 | 246 | ||
North Korea | 5,735 | 3,894 | 61.03% | 23.03 | 4,595 | Nationalized | 2006 | [13] | 408 | |
Saudi Arabia | 5,590 | 453 | 8.10% | 384.56 | 6,254 | Nationalized | 2019 | [45] | 682 | |
Cuba | 5,476 | 0 | 0.00% | 21.84 | 2,215 | Nationalized | 2007 | 192 | ||
Belarus | 5,459 | 874 | 16.01% | 38.03 | 1,741 | Nationalized | 2016 | 112 | ||
Switzerland | 5,317 | 5,317 | 100.00% | 7.76 | 1,631 | 5,868 (1930) | Both, but majority is nationalized | 2020 | [46] [47] | 756 |
Turkmenistan | 5,080 | 0 | 0.00% | 153.44 | 1,585 | Nationalized | 2014 | 795 | ||
Austria | 4,859 | 3,650 | 75.12% | 15.18 | 1,587 | 7,166 (1930) | Nationalized with private operators | 2022 | [48] [14] | 040 |
South Korea | 4,837 | 3,787 | 78.29% | 20.76 | 10,716 | Nationalized | 2020 | [49] [50] | 410 | |
Uzbekistan | 4,669 | 2,500 | 38.65% | 94.8 | 6,969 | 6,950 | Nationalized | 2020 | [51] | 860 |
Algeria | 4,560 | 480 | 10.53% | 522.31 | 9,061 | 4,815 (1930) | Nationalized | 2022 | [52] [14] | 012 |
Norway | 4,240 | 2,895 | 68.3% | 76.36 | 1291 | 4,471 (1950) | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | [53] [14] | 578 |
New Zealand | 4,128 | 506 | 12.26% | 64.64 | 1,070 | 5,681 (1950) | Nationalized | 2018 | [13] [14] | 554 |
DR Congo | 4,096 | 852 | 11.20% | 585.19 | 16,463 | 2008 | 180 | |||
Thailand | 4,044 | 107 | 2.18% | 126.04 | 16,084 | Nationalized | 2017 | [13] | 764 | |
Bulgaria | 4,029 | 3,005 | 74.58% | 27.55 | 1,763 | 6507 | Nationalized | 2023 | [54] | 100 |
Serbia | 3,764 | 1,279 | 33.98% | 23.48 | 1,866 | Nationalized | 2017 | 688 | ||
Slovakia | 3,626 | 1,587 | 43.77% | 13.52 | 1,499 | Nationalized | 2017 | 703 | ||
Portugal | 3,622 | 1,791 | 49.45% | 36.13 | 4,049 | 3,592 (Around 1949) | Nationalized | 2023 | [55] | 620 |
Belgium | 3,607 | 2,960 | 82.06% | 8.48 | 3,140 | 5,081 (1940) | Nationalized | 2018 | [56] [14] | 056 |
Bangladesh | 3,600 | 0 | 0.00% | 50.79 | 53,392 | Nationalized | 2008 | 050 | ||
Nigeria | 3,600 | 0 | 0.00% | 261.84 | 44,904 | Nationalized | 2006 | 566 | ||
Vietnam | 3,364 | 0 | 0.00% | 141.12 | 27,765 | Nationalized | 2007 | 704 | ||
Mozambique | 3,249 | 0 | 0.00% | 256.54 | 6,604 | 2008 | 508 | |||
Zimbabwe | 3,136 | 313 | 9.98% | 130.25 | 4,190 | Nationalized | 2010 | 716 | ||
Netherlands | 3,055 | 2,314 | 75.74% | 13.59 | 5,591 | 3,407 (1920) | Nationalized with private operators Rural lines subject to franchising. | 2017 | [14] | 528 |
Uruguay | 2,993 | 0 | 0.00% | 58.88 | 1,121 | Nationalized | 2006 | 858 | ||
Bolivia | 2,866 | 0 | 0.00% | 383.32 | 3,638 | Nationalized | 2007 | 068 | ||
Malaysia | 2,783 | 767 | 27.56% | 118.52 | 11,732 | Nationalized | 2018 | [13] | 458 | |
Angola | 2,761 | 0 | 0.00% | 451.54 | 6,911 | 2,764 | Nationalized | 2006 | [13] | 024 |
Syria | 2,750 | 0 | 0.00% | 86.57 | 11,078 | Nationalized | 2010 | 760 | ||
Tanzania | 2,600 | 440 [57] | 15.40% | 348.02 | 15,866 | Nationalized | 2006 | 834 | ||
Croatia | 2,604 | 985 | 37.83% | 21.71 | 1,595 | Nationalized | 2017 | 191 | ||
Kenya | 2,541 | 0 | 0.00% | 228.4 | 17,643 | Nationalized | 2013 | [58] | 404 | |
Namibia | 2,382 | 0 | 0.00% | 346.05 | 877 | Nationalized | 2006 | [13] | 516 | |
Greece | 2,240 | 764 | 34.11% | 58.91 | 4,808 | 2,632 (1940) | Semi-Privatized | 2017 | [14] | 300 |
Ethiopia | 2,185 | 1,401 | 64.12% | 1,675.72 | 150,935 | Nationalized | 2016 | [59] | 231 | |
Tunisia | 2,165 | 0 | 0.00% | 75.57 | 5,326 | 2,173 (1950) | Nationalized | 2018 | [44] [14] | 788 |
Morocco | 2,109 | 1,022 | 48.46% | 211.74 | 16,946 | Nationalized | 2017 | [44] | 504 | |
Azerbaijan | 2,068 | 1,278 | 61.80% | 41.88 | 4,666 | Nationalized | 2015 | 031 | ||
Iraq | 2,032 | 0 | 0.00% | 215.71 | 15,587 | Nationalized | 2006 | 368 | ||
Peru | 2,020 | 0 | 0.00% | 636.25 | 14,585 | 4,205 (1930) | Private | 2008 | [14] | 604 |
Denmark | 2,610 | 964 | 32.21% | 21.69 | 2,893 | 5,290 (1931) | Nationalized , rural lines franchised | 2017 | [60] | 208 |
Lithuania | 1,910 | 156 | 6.38% | 33.8 | 1,490 | Nationalized | 2021 | [61] | 440 | |
Latvia | 1,860 | 257 | 13.82% | 35.11 | 1,048 | Nationalized | 2017 | [62] | 428 | |
Mongolia | 1,810 | 0 | 0.00% | 864.15 | 1,560 | Nationalized | 2008 | 496 | ||
Taiwan | 1,782 | 1,300 | 72.95% | 21.25 | 13,638 | 5,000 | Nationalized (Conventional network) Private (High-Speed network) | 2018 | [63] | 158 |
Ireland | 1,680 | 53 | 3.15% | 41.83 | 3,065 | 4,354 (1921) | Nationalized | 2016 | [64] [65] [37] [66] | 372 |
Colombia | 1,663 | 0 | 0.00% | 648.85 | 27,770 | Private | 2007 | 170 | ||
Georgia | 1,576 | 1,288 | 81.73% | 44.23 | 2,360 | Nationalized | 2016 | 268 | ||
Sri Lanka | 1,561 | 0 | 0.00% | 43.51 | 13,696 | 1,530 (1930-1940) | Nationalized | 2024 | [14] | 144 |
Israel | 1,511 | 250 | 16.55% | 14.61 | 6,487 | Nationalized | 2022 | [44] [67] [68] excludes urban rail | 376 | |
Uganda | 1,244 | 0 | 0.00% | 930.65 | 122,780 | Nationalized | 2002 | 800 | ||
Zambia | 1,237 | 0 | 0.00% | 608.42 | 10,547 | 2006 | 894 | |||
Slovenia | 1,209 | 503 | 41.60% | 16.75 | 1,709 | Nationalized | 2017 | 705 | ||
Estonia | 1,161 | 132 | 11.37% | 38.96 | 1,134 | 3,000 | Both | 2017 | 233 | |
Moldova | 1,151 | 0 | 0.00% | 29.4 | 3,084 | Nationalized | 2017 | 498 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,018 | 565 | 55.50% | 50.29 | 3,445 | Nationalized | 2017 | 070 | ||
Cameroon | 977 | 0 | 0.00% | 486.63 | 23,367 | 1,104 | 2015 | [69] | 120 | |
Ecuador | 966 | 0 | 0.00% | 293.54 | 14,810 | 1,131 (1930) | 2006 | [13] [14] Services ceased 2020 | 218 | |
Ghana | 953 | 0 | 0.00% | 250.30 | 25,429 | 2006 | 288 | |||
Senegal | 906 | 0 | 0.00% | 217.12 | 16,534 | 2015 | [58] | 686 | ||
Botswana | 888 | 0 | 0.00% | 655.1 | 2,488 | 2014 | 072 | |||
Guatemala | 1.6 | 0 | 0.00% | 123.04 | 16,228 | 885 | Private | 2004 | Cross-border line from Mexico, otherwise ceased 2007 | 320 |
United Arab Emirates | 869 | 0 | 0.00% | 96.2 | 10,681 | 869 | Nationalized | 2023 | 784 | |
Madagascar | 848 | 0 | 0.00% | 692.27 | 28,573 | 2015 | [58] | 450 | ||
Guinea | 837 | 0 | 0.00% | 293.74 | 11,926 | 2006 | [13] | 324 | ||
Gabon | 810 | 0 | 0.00% | 330.45 | 1,858 | 2007 | 266 | |||
Malawi | 797 | 0 | 0.00% | 148.66 | 18,696 | 2007 | 454 | |||
Congo | 795 | 0 | 0.00% | 430.19 | 5086 | Nationalized | 2006 | 178 | ||
Benin | 758 | 0 | 0.00% | 148.58 | 11,581 | 2006 | 204 | |||
Mali | 729 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,701.22 | 22,606 | 2013 | 466 | |||
Mauritania | 728 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,415.80 | 4,753 | Nationalized | 2008 | 478 | ||
Armenia | 703 | 703 | 100.00% | 42.31 | 4,168 | Nationalized | 2016 | 051 | ||
Honduras | 699 | 0 | 0.00% | 160.36 | 11,753 | 2006 | [13] | 340 | ||
North Macedonia | 683 | 313 | 45.83% | 37.65 | 3,037 | Nationalized | 2017 | 807 | ||
Cambodia | 650 | 0 | 0.00% | 278.52 | 24,994 | Nationalized | 2018 | [70] | 116 | |
Ivory Coast | 639 | 0 | 0.00% | 504.64 | 30,889 | 2007 | 384 | |||
Burkina Faso | 622 | 0 | 0.00% | 440.84 | 25,291 | 2006 | 854 | |||
Jordan | 622 | 0 | 0.00% | 143.64 | 15,598 | 2017 | [44] | 400 | ||
Tajikistan | 616 | 0 | 0.00% | 232.31 | 11,167 | Nationalized | 2007 | 762 | ||
Fiji | 597 | 0 | 0.00% | 30.61 | 1,442 | 2006 | [13] | 242 | ||
Togo | 568 | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 10,613 | 2006 | [13] | 768 | ||
El Salvador | 562 | 0 | 0.00% | 37.44 | 10,221 | 2007 | 222 | |||
Philippines | 532 | 53 | 10.01% | 560.15 | 211,800 | 1,352 (1940) | Nationalized | 2021 | [14] | 608 |
Dominican Republic | 517 | 0 | 0.00% | 94.14 | 18,141 | 2006 | [13] | 214 | ||
Liberia | 490 | 0 | 0.00% | 227.28 | 8,151 | Private | 2006 | [13] | 430 | |
Laos | 424 | 414 | 97.64% | 561.2 | 17,587 | Nationalized (operated by China) | 2021 | 418 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 417 | 0 | 0.00% | 479.38 | 13,446 | 2012 | 417 | |||
Panama | 355 | 0 | 0.00% | 212.45 | 9,594 | 2006 | [13] | 591 | ||
Venezuela | 336 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,714.43 | 87,458 | 1020 (1950) | 2006 | [14] | 862 | |
Albania | 334 | 0 | 0.00% | 86.07 | 8,602 | Nationalized with private operators | 2016 | 008 | ||
Eritrea | 306 | 0 | 0.00% | 384.31 | 17,170 | Nationalized | 2006 | [13] | 232 | |
Eswatini | 301 | 0 | 0.00% | 57.69 | 3,940 | 2008 | 748 | |||
Costa Rica | 278 | 0 | 0.00% | 183.81 | 16,416 | 2007 | [13] | 188 | ||
Luxembourg | 275 | 275 | 100.00% | 9.4 | 2,148 | 534 (1920-1940) | Nationalized | 2017 | [14] | 442 |
Hong Kong | 268 | 268 | 100.00% | 5.08 | 33,165 | De facto Nationalized | 2014 | [71] | 344 | |
Montenegro | 250 | 225 | 90.00% | 55.25 | 2,490 | Nationalized | 2017 | 499 | ||
South Sudan | 248 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,598.10 | 48,864 | 728 | ||||
Singapore | 241 | 241 | 100.00% | 2.95 | 24,776 | De facto Nationalized | 2024 | [72] [73] | 702 | |
Suriname | 166 | 0 | 0.00% | 986.87 | 3,163 | 2001 | [13] activity ceased 1980's | 740 | ||
Niger | 143 | 0 | 0.00% | 8,860.14 | 171,220 | Private | 562 | |||
Guyana | 127 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,149.57 | 4,197 | 166 (1920) | 2001 est. | [13] [14] activity ceased around 2007 | 328 | |
Djibouti | 92 | 0 | 0.00% | 252.17 | 9,203 | 80 | 2016 | [74] | 262 | |
Sierra Leone | 84 | 0 | 0.00% | 854.05 | 69,857 | 544 (1920) | 2001 | [13] [14] | 694 | |
Qatar | 82 | 82 | 100.00% | 141.11 | 34,091 | 634 | ||||
Afghanistan | 75 | 0 | 0.00% | 8,696.40 | 418,827 | Nationalized (operated by neighbouring countries) | 2011 | [75] | 004 | |
Jamaica | 65 | 0 | 0.00% | 40.41 | 9,948 | 348 (1950) | 2003 | [13] [14] | 388 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 | 0 | 0.00% | 5.22 | 1,040 | 2006 | [13] | 659 | ||
Nepal | 57 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,582.12 | 514,035 | 146 | 2017 | [76] | 524 | |
Paraguay | 38 | 0 | 0.00% | 11,298.67 | 173,056 | 2006 | [13] | 600 | ||
Mauritius | 30 | 30 | 100.00% | 68 | 42,182 | 30 | Nationalized | 2022 | 480 | |
Puerto Rico | 17 | 17 | 100.00% | 143.65 | 38,810 | 370 | 2006 | [13] | 630 | |
Brunei | 13 | 0 | 0.00% | 443.46 | 30,692 | 2001 est. | [13] see next table | 096 | ||
Macau | 12 | 12 | 100.00% | 9.83 | 6,200 | Nationalized | 2019 | LRT | 446 | |
Liechtenstein | 9.5 | 9.5 | 100.00% | 17.78 | 4,017 | Nationalized (operated by Austria) | 2017 | [13] | 438 | |
Nauru | 3.9 | 0 | 0.00% | 4.20 | 2,000 | 2001 | [13] | 520 | ||
Monaco | 1.7 | 1.7 | 100.00% | 1.18 | 20,588 | Nationalized (operated by France) | 2019 | [13] | 492 | |
Lesotho | 1.6 | 0 | 0.00% | 10,118.33 | 723,667 | 1995 | [13] | 426 | ||
Vatican City | 0.3 | 0 | 0.00% | 1.47 | 3,333 | 0.3 | Nationalized (operated by Italy) | 2019 | 336 | |
European Union [lower-alpha 9] | 211,430 | 118,363 | 55.98% | 20.33 | 2,113.37 | Both | 2017 | |||
World | 1,374,001 | 426,313 | 31.03% | 107.95 | 372.12 | 4,814 | 2006 | [13] |
Country | Comment | ISO 3166-1 |
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Antigua and Barbuda | Had agricultural / industrial lines | 028 |
Bahamas | Had a plantation railway | 044 |
Barbados | Had a public railway. Has a 3 km tourist line opened in 2019. | 052 |
Belize | Had one public railway and a number of private lines | 084 |
Brunei | Has a 4 km section of pier railway (so is outside the definition for this article) | 096 |
Burundi | Had an internal port railway | 108 |
Cape Verde | Had a harbour railway | 132 |
Central African Republic | Had a short portage railway | 140 |
Comoros | Had plantation railways | 174 |
Cyprus | Cyprus Government Railway operated 1905 to 1951 | 196 |
Dominica | Had a forestry railway | 212 |
Equatorial Guinea | Had a line on Isla de Boiko | 226 |
Gambia | Had minor port / industrial lines | 270 |
Grenada | Had a very minor industrial line | 308 |
Guinea-Bissau | 624 | |
Guyana | Had a number of public lines until the 1970's and industrial lines until around 2007 [79] | 328 |
Haiti | Rails still in Port-au-Prince from railway from factories to port, left out of service since the 1970s. | 332 |
Iceland | Had short industrial lines, see Rail transport in Iceland for proposals | 352 |
Kiribati | Had industrial lines | 296 |
Lebanon | Had from 1890 until 1970 (future projects to build a railway from Tyr to Tripoli) | 422 |
Libya | 1912 to 1965 (peak length of 399 km [14] ); (network under construction in 2008–2011, but works stopped, see Libyan Railways) | 434 |
Malta | Operated 1883 to 1931 | 470 |
Micronesia | 583 | |
Nicaragua | Suspended in September 2001 | 558 |
Oman | Proposals as part of Gulf Railway. Has a short tourist line at the Al Hoota Cave. | 512 |
Palau | Had an industrial line. Has a short tourist monorail (of small “gauge”) | 585 |
Papua New Guinea | Had numerous plantation and mining railways, all closed by the early 1990s. Line from Lae to Vanimo proposed (see Transport in Papua New Guinea). | 598 |
Rwanda | Had industrial lines, out of use since the 1990s. Lines to Uganda and/or Tanzania (see Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway) proposed | 646 |
Saint Lucia | 662 | |
Samoa | 882 | |
San Marino | A short section (800 metres or 0.5 miles) of the electric railway that linked Rimini (Italy) and San Marino City until 1944 has been restored. | 674 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 678 | |
Solomon Islands | Small railways used to transport bananas and copra, all closed by 1970. | 090 |
Somalia | Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway existed from 1914 to 1941 | 706 |
Suriname | 740 | |
Tonga | 776 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad Government Railway from 1876 until 1968; Trinidad Rapid Railway was planned but cancelled | 780 |
Vanuatu | Suggested to have had a line on Efate | 548 |
Yemen | Had lines from the mountains to Aden and Al Hudaydah, all closed by 1929 | 887 |
Bermuda , a British overseas territory, had a railway operating from 1931 to 1948.
Country | Comment | ISO 3166-1 |
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Andorra | There are proposals to construct a line | 020 |
Bahrain | Proposed as part of Gulf Railway | 048 |
Bhutan | A link to India is proposed | 064 |
Chad | See Rail transport in Chad for proposals | 148 |
East Timor | 626 | |
Kuwait | Proposed as part of Gulf Railway | 414 |
Maldives | 462 | |
Marshall Islands | 584 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 670 | |
Seychelles | 690 | |
Tuvalu | Planned but cancelled | 798 |
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Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859. As of 2021, the total length of railways in Lithuania was 1,868.8 km (1,161.2 mi). Lietuvos Geležinkeliai, the national state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight services.
High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent, built in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, improved travel times on intra-national corridors.
ADIF is a Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager. This state owned company reports to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. ADIF is charged with the management of most of Spain's railway infrastructure, that is the track, signaling and stations. It was formed in 2005 in response to European Union requirements to separate the natural monopoly of infrastructure management from the competitive operations of running train services. It is the legal successor of Renfe, Feve, and GIF.
The Madrid—Extremadura high-speed rail line is a rail line under construction in Spain, intended to link Madrid and Badajoz.
The Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway (CEBR) is an internet-based campaign group formed in 2018, whose aim is to convince the government to completely electrify the British Railway network. Its slogan is "Down with Dirty Diesel." The campaign promotes a rolling programme of electrification, which it considers essential to improve UK railways and help to decarbonise transport. It collaborates with groups such as the Railway Industry Association, Rail Delivery Group, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, Campaign for Better Transport, Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Permanent Way Institution. The group has given evidence to the Transport Select Committee. Huw Merriman the committee chair at the time, put in writing he agreed with their view. Merriman was appointed as Minister of State for Rail and HS2 in October 2022. The desire to achieve net zero carbon in transport has increased calls for electrification.
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a major investment being made in the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield – the 76 miles (122 km) northern route over the Pennines, most of which is also known as the Huddersfield line. As of 2023, the line is heavily used but is slow and lacks capacity. It has Victorian infrastructure, covers difficult terrain including the 3-mile (4.8 km) Standedge Tunnel, and has poor access roads.
The Midland Main Line (MML), a major railway line in the United Kingdom, has been undergoing various upgrades since 2015. The current programme of upgrades began in 2012, although electrification was proposed a number of times previously. The current programme includes electrification of the railway line between Bedford, Wellingborough, Corby, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield. The routes between Nottingham and Sheffield and the Erewash Valley line were not included at this time, only the line between Derby and Sheffield. The upgrade was part of the HLOS for Control Period 5 published by the UK Government in 2012.
Railway electrification in Scotland has proceeded in a different fashion than the rest of the UK especially in the 21st century. There is political commitment to a substantial rolling programme of railway electrification from the Scottish government where transport is devolved. Transport Scotland and others have said "In Scotland, decarbonisation is spelt E-L-E-C-T-R-I-F-Y". All parties in Scotland are vigorously campaigning for electrification. In January 2022, there were 2776 kilometres of track in Scotland, and 711 kilometres were electrified representing 25.3%. To meet these needs, the plan is to electrify on average 130 single track kilometres (STK) per year until 2035, although there has been some slippage in this target.
East West Rail is a strategic aim to establish a new main line railway between East Anglia and South Wales. The immediate plan is to build a line linking Oxford and Cambridge via Bicester, Milton Keynes and Bedford, largely using the trackbed of the former Varsity Line. Thus it provides a route between any or all of the Great Western, Chiltern, West Coast, Midland, East Coast, West Anglia, Great Eastern and the Cotswold main lines, avoiding London. The new line will provide a route for potential new services between Southampton Central or Swansea and Ipswich or Norwich via Reading, Didcot and Ely, using existing onward lines. The government approved the western section in November 2011, with completion of the section to Bletchley expected by 2025, and services to Bedford to run by 2030.
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