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1 | United States | 293,564 | | 2 | China | 131,000 | | 3 | Russia | 87,157 | | 4 | Canada | 77,932 | | 5 | India | 68,525 | | 6 | Argentina | 36,917 | | 7 | Germany | 33,590 | | 8 | Australia | 33,343 | | 9 | Brazil | 29,850 | | 10 | France | 29,640 | | 11 | Japan | 27,311 | | 12 | Ukraine | 21,733 | | 13 | South Africa | 20,986 | | 14 | Mexico | 20,825 | | 15 | Italy | 20,182 | | 16 | Poland | 19,231 | | 17 | United Kingdom | 16,837 | | 18 | Kazakhstan | 16,614 | | 19 | Spain | 15,333 | | 20 | Sweden | 14,127 | | 21 | Turkey | 12,710 | | 22 | Pakistan | 11,881 | | 23 | Romania | 11,268 | | 24 | Czech Republic | 9,408 | | 25 | Iran | 8,484 | | 26 | Cuba | 8,367 | | 27 | Indonesia | 8,159 | | 28 | Hungary | 8,049 | | 29 | Korea, North | 7,435 | | 30 | Chile | 7,282 | | 31 | Sudan | 7,251 | | 32 | Finland | 5,926 | | 33 | Austria | 5,800 | | 34 | Switzerland | 5,690 | | 35 | Belarus | 5,528 | | 36 | Saudi Arabia | 5,410 | | 37 | Bulgaria | 5,114 | | 38 | Turkmenistan | 5,113 | | 39 | Egypt | 5,085 | | 40 | Burma | 5,031 | | 41 | Mozambique | 4,787 | | 42 | Uzbekistan | 4,642 | | 43 | Tanzania | 4,567 | | 44 | Ireland | 4,301 | | 45 | Norway | 4,200 | | 46 | New Zealand | 4,128 | | 47 | Thailand | 4,127 | | 48 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4,007 | | 49 | Korea, South | 3,979 | | 50 | Algeria | 3,973 | | 51 | Bolivia | 3,960 | | 52 | Kenya | 3,819 | | 53 | Serbia | 3,809 | | 54 | Nigeria | 3,798 | | 55 | Belgium | 3,592 | | 56 | Slovakia | 3,580 | | 57 | Denmark | 3,476 | | 58 | Zimbabwe | 3,427 | | 59 | Zambia | 3,126 | | 60 | Portugal | 3,075 | | 61 | Netherlands | 3,058 | | 62 | Azerbaijan | 2,944 | | 63 | Angola | 2,852 | | 64 | Croatia | 2,722 | | 65 | Namibia | 2,628 | | 66 | Vietnam | 2,600 | | 67 | Greece | 2,548 | | 68 | Bangladesh | 2,460 | | 69 | Iraq | 2,272 | | 70 | Tunisia | 2,173 | | 71 | Estonia | 2,146 | | 72 | Colombia | 2,141 | | 73 | Morocco | 2,067 | | 74 | Syria | 2,052 | | 75 | Latvia | 1,860 | | 76 | Peru | 1,854 | | 77 | Malaysia | 1,851 | | 78 | Mongolia | 1,815 | | 79 | Lithuania | 1,768 | | 80 | Uruguay | 1,673 | | 81 | Taiwan | 1,613 | | 82 | Sri Lanka | 1,562 | | 83 | Israel | 1,384 | | 84 | Georgia | 1,363 | | 85 | Uganda | 1,244 | | 86 | Slovenia | 1,229 | | 87 | Moldova | 1,171 | | 88 | Guinea | 1,086 | | 89 | Cameroon | 987 | | 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 965 | | 91 | Ecuador | 965 | | 92 | Ghana | 947 | | 93 | Macedonia | 925 | | 94 | Senegal | 906 | | 95 | Botswana | 888 | | 96 | Madagascar | 836 | | 97 | Guatemala | 800 | | 98 | Armenia | 780 | | 99 | Malawi | 767 | | 100 | Mauritania | 728 | | 101 | Honduras | 699 | | 102 | Tajikistan | 680 | | 103 | Albania | 677 | | 104 | Ethiopia | 659 | | 105 | Gabon | 649 | | 106 | Cambodia | 642 | | 107 | Burkina Faso | 622 | | 108 | Fiji | 597 | | 109 | Mali | 593 | | 110 | Togo | 568 | | 111 | Congo, Republic of the | 510 | | 112 | Jordan | 509 | | 113 | Dominican Republic | 496 | | 114 | Venezuela | 447 | | 115 | Benin | 438 | | 116 | Liberia | 429 | | 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 424 | | 118 | Lebanon | 401 | | 119 | Kosovo | 333 | | 120 | Eritrea | 306 | | 121 | Swaziland | 301 | | 122 | Costa Rica | 278 | | 123 | Luxembourg | 275 | | 124 | Montenegro | 250 | | 125 | South Sudan | 248 | | 126 | Djibouti | 97 | | 127 | Panama | 77 | | 128 | Philippines | 77 | | 129 | Isle of Man | 63 | | 130 | Nepal | 59 | | 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50 | | 132 | Paraguay | 30 | | 133 | Christmas Island | 18 | | 134 | El Salvador | 13 | | 135 | Liechtenstein | 9 | |
Definition: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge, which is the measure of the distance between the inner sides of the load-bearing rails. The four typical types of gauges are: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note. Some 60% of the world's railways use the standard gauge of 1.4 m (4.7 ft). Gauges vary by country and sometimes within countries. The choice of gauge during initial construction was mainly in response to local conditions and the intent of the builder. Narrow-gauge railways were cheaper to build and could negotiate sharper curves, broad-gauge railways gave greater stability and permitted higher speeds. Standard-gauge railways were a compromise between narrow and broad gauges.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
See also:
Railways map
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