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Transportation Statistics > Railways > Note (most recent) by country

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Countries (A to Z) Description
Armenia some lines are out of service (2006)
Costa Rica none of the railway network is in use (2007)
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 (2005)
Côte d'Ivoire an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2005)
Djibouti railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2005)
Dominican Republic additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2005)
El Salvador railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and lack of maintenance due to high costs (2007)
Ethiopia railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2005)
Fiji belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2005)
Guyana all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)
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 (2003)
Lebanon rail system became unusable because of damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)
Liberia railway is inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war (2005)
Libya Libya is working on seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track; it hopes to have trains running by 2008 (2005)
Liechtenstein belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006)
Man, Isle of primarily summer tourist attractions (2006)
Russia an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries (2005)
Taiwan 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2005)
Uruguay 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2005)
Zambia includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2005)


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.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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