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Vanuatu
  Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Venezuela
  La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon

Vietnam
  Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City

Virgin Islands
  Charlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay

Wake Island
  none; two offshore anchorages for large ships

Wallis and Futuna
  Leava, Mata-Utu

Western Sahara
  Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)

World
  top ten container ports (TEUs): Singapore - 24,792,400; Hong
  Kong - 23,539,000; Shanghai - 21,710,000; Shenzhen (China) -
  18,468,890; Busan (South Korea) - 12,030,000; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) -
  9,774,670; - Rotterdam - 9,603,000; Dubai (UAE) - 8,923,465; Hamburg
  - 8,861,545; Los Angeles - 8,469,853 (2006)

Yemen
  Aden, Hudaydah, Mukalla

Zambia
  Mpulungu

Zimbabwe
  Binga, Kariba

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2121 Railways (km)

Albania total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Algeria
  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)

Angola
  total: 2,761 km
  narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)

Argentina
  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)

Armenia
  total: 839 km
  broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)
  note: some lines are out of service (2006)

Australia
  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)

Austria
  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)

Azerbaijan
  total: 2,122 km
  broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006)

Bangladesh
  total: 2,768 km
  broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
  narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Belarus
  total: 5,512 km
  broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
  standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)

Belgium
  total: 3,536 km
  standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)

Benin
  total: 758 km
  narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Bolivia
  total: 3,504 km
  narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  total: 608 km
  standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Botswana
  total: 888 km
  narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Brazil
  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)

Bulgaria
  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)

Burkina Faso
  total: 622 km
  narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge
  note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire
  (2006)

Burma
  total: 3,955 km
  narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Cambodia
  total: 602 km
  narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Cameroon
  total: 987 km
  narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Canada
  total: 48,068 km
  standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Chile
  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)

China
  total: 75,438 km
  standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified)
  (2005)

Colombia
  total: 3,304 km
  standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
  narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  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)

Congo, Republic of the
  total: 894 km
  narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Costa Rica
  total: 278 km
  narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
  note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
  total: 660 km
  narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge
  note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina
  Faso (2006)

Croatia
  total: 2,726 km
  standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)

Cuba
  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)

Czech Republic
  total: 9,597 km
  standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)

Denmark
  total: 2,644 km
  standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007)

Djibouti
  total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
  railway)
  narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
  note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but
  remains largely inoperable (2006)

Dominican Republic
  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)

Ecuador
  total: 966 km
  narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Egypt
  total: 5,063 km
  standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)

El Salvador
  total: 562 km
  narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
  note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and
  high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007)

Eritrea
  total: 306 km
  narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)

Estonia
  total: 968 km
  broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006)

Ethiopia
  total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis
  Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
  narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge
  note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but
  remains largely inoperable (2006)

European Union
  total: 236,436 km
  broad gauge: 28,250 km
  standard gauge: 200,401 km
  narrow gauge: 7,771 km
  other: 23 km (2007)

Fiji
  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 harvest season (May to December) (2006)

Finland
  total: 5,741 km
  broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006)

France
  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)

Gabon
  total: 814 km
  standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Georgia
  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)

Germany
  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)

Ghana
  total: 953 km
  narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Greece
  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)

Guatemala
  total: 886 km
  narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Guinea
  total: 837 km
  standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
  narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Honduras
  total: 699 km
  narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Hungary
  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)

India
  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)

Indonesia
  total: 6,458 km
  narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km
  0.750-m gauge (2006)

Iran
  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)

Iraq
  total: 2,272 km
  standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Ireland
  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)

Isle of Man
  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)

Israel
  total: 853 km
  standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Italy
  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)

Japan
  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)

Jordan
  total: 505 km
  narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)

Kazakhstan
  total: 13,700 km
  broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006)

Kenya
  total: 2,778 km
  narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Korea, North
  total: 5,235 km
  standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)

Korea, South
  total: 3,472 km
  standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)

Kosovo
  total: 430 km (2005)

Kyrgyzstan
  total: 470 km
  broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)

Latvia
  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)

Lebanon
  total: 401 km
  standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m
  narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m
  note: rail system became unusable because of damage done during
  fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)

Liberia
  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 the civil war (2008)

Libya
  0 km
  note: Libya has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757
  km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006)

Liechtenstein
  9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
  note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and
  Switzerland (2006)

Lithuania
  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)

Luxembourg
  total: 275 km
  standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)

Macedonia
  total: 699 km
  standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)

Madagascar
  total: 854 km
  narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Malawi
  total: 797 km
  narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Malaysia
  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)

Mali
  total: 729 km
  narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Mauritania
  717 km
  standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Mexico
  total: 17,665 km
  standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Moldova
  total: 1,138 km
  broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
  standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Mongolia
  total: 1,810 km
  broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)

Montenegro
  total: 250 km
  standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006)

Morocco
  total: 1,907 km
  standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006)

Mozambique
  total: 3,123 km
  narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)

Namibia
  total: 2,382 km
  narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Nepal
  total: 59 km
  narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)

Netherlands
  total: 2,797 km
  standard gauge: 2,797 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006)

New Zealand
  total: 4,128 km
  narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)

Nicaragua
  total: 6 km
  narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Nigeria
  total: 3,505 km
  narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Norway
  total: 4,114 km
  standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2008)

Pakistan
  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)

Panama
  total: 355 km
  standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge
  narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Paraguay
  total: 36 km
  standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Peru
  total: 1,989 km
  standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
  narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Philippines
  total: 897 km
  narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006)

Poland
  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)

Portugal
  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)

Puerto Rico
  total: 96 km
  narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Romania
  total: 11,385 km
  broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge
  standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge (3,888 km electrified)
  narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)

Russia
  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)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  total: 50 km
  narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)

Saudi Arabia
  total: 1,392 km
  standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and
  sidings) (2006)

Senegal
  total: 906 km
  narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)

Serbia
  total: 3,379 km
  standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)

Slovakia
  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)

Slovenia
  total: 1,229 km
  standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)

South Africa
  total: 20,872 km
  narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km
  0.610-m gauge (2006)

Spain
  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)

Sri Lanka
  total: 1,449 km
  broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)

Sudan
  total: 5,978 km
  narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for
  cotton plantations (2006)

Swaziland
  total: 301 km
  narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Sweden
  total: 11,528 km
  standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)

Switzerland
  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)

Syria
  total: 2,711 km
  standard gauge: 2,460 km