This page provides an index of articles on rail transport by country.

International railway organisations

International Union of Railways The International Union of Railways (UIC, french: Union internationale des wikt:chemin de fer, chemins de fer) is an international rail transport industry body. History The railways of Europe originated as many separate concerns, and there wer ...

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International Union of Public Transport The International Association of Public Transport (UITP, from the french: L’Union internationale des transports publics) is a non-profit advocacy organization for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific i ...

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Africa

Eastern Africa

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Rail transport in Djibouti Rail transport in Djibouti is administered through the ''Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Rail Transport Share Company'', a bi-national company between Ethiopia and Djibouti to manage the only railway in Djibouti, the electrified standard gauge intern ...

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Rail transport in Ethiopia Rail transport in Ethiopia is done within the National Railway Network of Ethiopia, which currently consists of three electrified standard gauge railway lines: the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, the Awash–Weldiya Railway and the Weldiya–Mek ...

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Rail transport in Kenya Rail transport in Kenya consists of a Metre gauge railway, metre-gauge network and a new standard-gauge railway (SGR). Both railways connect Kenya's main port city of Mombasa to the interior, running through the national capital of Nairobi. ...

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Rail transport in Madagascar Rail transport in Madagascar is primarily operated by Madarail. There are two unconnected systems having a total length of , as of 2006, all metre gauge, . The northern railway (TCE, Tananarive–Côte Est) is currently concessioned to Maragall. ...

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Mozambique Ports and Railways Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (abbreviated CFM; in English Mozambique Ports and Railways) is a state-owned company that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. The rail system is composed of a total of 2,9 ...

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Rail transport in South Sudan South Sudan does not have an extensive rail system. Current rail infrastructure, which was constructed between 1959–1962, and was left over from the previous Sudan government is in a serious state of disrepair. It consists of a narrow-gauge ( ...

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Rail transport in Tanzania Rail transport in Tanzania is conducted by two companies (Tanzania Railways Corporation and TAZARA). It has historically used narrow gauge trackage, but planning and construction of new standard gauge lines is underway as of 2017. Railway links ...

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Rail transport in Uganda Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Rail transport in Zimbabwe Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

Middle Africa

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Rail transport in Angola Rail transport in Angola consists of three separate Cape gauge lines that do not connect: the northern Luanda Railway, the central Benguela Railway, and the southern Moçâmedes Railway (southern). The lines each connect the Atlantic coast to t ...

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Rail transport in Cameroon Rail transport in Cameroon is primarily operated by Camrail, a subsidiary of Bolloré Africa Logistics. History In January 2022, it was announced that container shipping company MSC would take over Bolloré Africa Logistics, the parent compa ...

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Transport in the Central African Republic Modes of transport in the Central African Republic include road, water, and air. Most the country is connected to the road network, but not all of it. Some roads in the country do not connect to the rest of the national road network and may become ...

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Rail transport in Chad Up to 2012 Chad had no rail system. Two lines are planned to Sudan and Cameroon from the capital with construction expected to start in February 2016 and be complete in 4 years. History Early railroad schemes – 19th century A 1905 book des ...

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Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rail transport is provided in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the ''Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo'' (SNCC), the Société commerciale des transports et des ports (SCTP) ''(previously Office National des Transports'' ...

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Rail transport in the Republic of the Congo Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Rail transport in Equatorial Guinea Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Transport in São Tomé and Príncipe Transport in São Tomé and Príncipe relies primarily on road infrastructure for local needs and airports and sea travel for international needs. São Tomé and Príncipe does not have railways. Seaports In 1999 the country's merchant marine ...

Northern Africa

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Rail transport in Algeria The following is a non-exhaustive list of railways operating in Algeria with opening dates if available. The classifications of railways into long-distance and regional railways correspond to SNTF categories. Northern Algeria Long-distance ...

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SNTF The National Rail Transportation Company (french: Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires, abbreviated SNTF; ar, الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية) is Algeria's national railway operator. The SNTF ...

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Rail transport in Egypt Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters * Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ...

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Rail transport in Libya There have been no operational railways in Libya since 1965, but various lines existed in the past. Since 1998, plans for an extensive system have been developed, but work has largely halted since the outbreak of the First Libyan Civil War in 2011. ...

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Rail transport in Morocco Rail transport in Morocco is operated by the national railway operator ONCF. It was initially developed during the Morocco#French and Spanish protectorates: 1912 to 1956, protectorate. High speed rail On 26 November 2018, the first high-speed r ...

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Rail transport in Sudan Sudan has 4,725 kilometers of narrow-gauge, single-track railways. The main line runs from Wadi Halfa on the Egyptian border to Khartoum and southwest to El-Obeid via Sannar and Kosti, Sudan, with extensions to Nyala in Southern Darfur and Wa ...

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Rail transport in Tunisia Rail Transport in Tunisia is provided by: * Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) * Société des transports de Tunis, manages commuter trains of the Tunis area including metro light rail and TGM in Tunis * Sahel Metro, company and electric train line Sou ...

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Transport in Western Sahara Transport in Western Sahara is very limited by sea, road and air with camels being the primary means of transport in the desert area. Road transport by buses remain the major mode of transportation. The longest conveyor belt in the world is long, f ...

Southern Africa

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Eswatini Railways Eswatini Railways (ESR), formerly known as Swaziland Railway or Swazi Rail, is the national railway corporation of Eswatini. Overview As in the rest of Southern Africa, the rail system of Eswatini is built to the narrow Cape gauge of . ESR pr ...

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Rail transport in Lesotho The nation of Lesotho has a single railway station, located in the capital city Maseru. It is the terminus of the Maseru branch line, which connects to the railway network of South Africa. Overview The length of the line within Lesotho, fro ...

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Rail transport in Namibia Rail service in Namibia is provided by TransNamib. The Namibian rail network consists of 2,687 route-km of tracks (2017). Namibia has a history of more than 100 years of railway service. During the colonialisation by the German Empire between 189 ...

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Rail transport in South Africa Rail transport in South Africa is an important element of the country's transport infrastructure. All major cities are connected by rail, and South Africa's railway system is the most highly developed in Africa. The South African rail industry is ...

Western Africa

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Rail transport in Benin Benin has a total of of Single track (rail), single track, (metre gauge) railway. Rail construction began around 1900, with regular services commencing in 1906; rail operation was taken into government control (from private companies) in 1930. ...

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Rail transport in Burkina Faso There are 622 kilometres of railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire and is part of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway. As of June 2014, 'Sitarail' operates a passenger train three times a week along the route ...

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Rail transport in Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The track gauge is . The railway was built during the French colonial period, and links the port city of Abidjan with Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Railway ...

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Transport in The Gambia The system of transportation in the Gambia mixes both public and private operations and consists of a system of roads (both paved and unpaved), water and air transportation. The Trans-Gambia Highway runs along both sides of the river Gambia, which ...

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Rail transport in Ghana The railway system in Ghana has historically been confined to the plains south of the barrier range of mountains north of the city of Kumasi. However, the narrow gauge railway, totalling 1,300 kilometres, is undergoing major rehabilitation and i ...

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Rail transport in Guinea Guinea has 1,086 km of railways. This includes 279 km at gauge and 807 km at gauge. The latter includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry. Currently operating in Guinea three different railway compani ...

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Transport in Guinea-Bissau Transport infrastructure in Guinea-Bissau is basic, with most roads outside the capital Bissau being unpaved. Railways There are no railways in Guinea-Bissau. At the Port of Bissau, there was a small cargo railway working from the late 19th ...

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Rail transport in Mali Mali has one railroad (the Dakar–Niger Railway), including 729 kilometers in Mali, which runs from the port of Koulikoro via Bamako to the border with Senegal and continues on to Dakar. The Bamako-Dakar line, which has been described as dilapidat ...

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Rail transport in Mauritania Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Rail transport in Nigeria Railways in Nigeria consist of a 3,505 km Cape gauge national railway network and 669 km of standard gauge. The Cape gauge network is in poor condition due to lack of maintenance. In 2019, the single operational standard gauge line fr ...

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Transport on Saint Helena This article deals with traffic in Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, that is all forms of traffic in the Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan ...

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Rail transport in Senegal Senegal's rail network consists of 906 km of railway at gauge, and 36 km of gauge. The metre-gauge network is part of the Dakar–Niger Railway which crosses the border to Mali. The railway is operated by Transrail, managed by the B ...

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Asia

East Asia

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Rail transport in China Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2021, the country had more than of railways, the second longest network in the world. By the end of 2021, China had more than of high-speed rail (HSR), the l ...

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Rail transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of the territory and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern ...

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Rail transport in Japan Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in urban areas. It is used relatively little for freight transport, accounting for ju ...

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Rail transport in Macau Transport in Macau includes road, sea, rail and air transport. Road transport is the primary mode of transport within Macau, although a new rail system opened in December 2019 serving the areas of Taipa and Cotai. The main forms of public transp ...

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Rail transport in Mongolia Rail transport in Mongolia is an important means of travel in the landlocked country of Mongolia, which has relatively few paved roads. According to official statistics, rail transport carried 93% of Mongolian freight and 43% of passenger turnover ...

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Rail transport in North Korea Rail transport in North Korea is provided by Korean State Railway (조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 철도성, ''Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Ch'ŏldosŏng'') which is the only rail operator in North Korea. It has a network of over 6,000 ...

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Rail transport in South Korea Rail transport in South Korea is a part of the transport network in South Korea and an important mode of the conveyance of people and goods, though railways play a secondary role compared to the road network. The network consists of of stand ...

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Rail transport in Taiwan Rail transport in Taiwan consists of (as of 2015) of railway networks. Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the de ...

Central Asia

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Rail transport in Kazakhstan Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Rail transport in Tajikistan Rail transport in Tajikistan is limited, as the railroad system totals only of non-electrified, single-track railway, all of it broad gauge. The system connects the main urban centres of western Tajikistan with points in neighboring Uzbekista ...

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Rail transport in Turkmenistan Turkmenistan has of railways ( 37th largest in the world). The railway operator is the state owned company Türkmendemirýollary (Turkmen Railways). The company belongs to the Ministry of Railways of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan is currently exp ...

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Rail transport in Uzbekistan As of March 2017, the total length of Uzbekistan's main railway network is ( of which is electrified). A large percentage of the system's track requires major repair. The main line is the portion of the Transcaspian Railroad that connects Tash ...

South Asia

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Rail transport in Afghanistan Afghanistan has three railway lines in the north of the country. The first is between Mazar-i-Sharif and the border town of Hairatan in Balkh province, which then connects with Uzbek Railways of Uzbekistan (opened 2011). The second links Torghu ...

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Rail transport in Bangladesh Bangladesh Railway ( bn, বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে) is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Ra ...

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Rail transport in India Rail transport in India is an important mode of conveyance for people and goods in India. Indian Railways (IR) is the primary operator of rail operations throughout the country. IR is a state-owned organisation of the Ministry of Railways, whic ...

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Rail transport in Pakistan Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...

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Rail transport in Sri Lanka The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத ...

Southeast Asia

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Rail transport in Cambodia Cambodia has of metre gauge rail network, consisting of two lines: one from the capital Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, and another from Phnom Penh to Poipet on the Thai border. The lines were originally constructed during the time when the co ...

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Rail transport in Indonesia The majority of Indonesia's railways are on Java, used for both passenger and freight transport. There are three noncontinuous railway networks in Sumatra (Aceh and North Sumatra; West Sumatra; South Sumatra and Lampung) while two new networks a ...

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Rail transport in Laos Laos has of standard gauge railways, primarily consisting of the Boten–Vientiane railway, which opened in December 2021. It also has a metre gauge railway at Thanaleng terminus connected to Thailand's railway system. History Due to the ...

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Rail transport in Malaysia Rail transport in Malaysia consists of heavy rail (including commuter rail), light rapid transit (LRT), mass rapid transit (MRT), monorails, airport rail links and a funicular railway line. Heavy rail is mostly used for intercity passenger and ...

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Rail transport in Myanmar Rail transport in Myanmar consists of a railway network with 960 stations. The network, generally spanning north to south with branch lines to the east and west, is the second largest in Southeast Asia, and includes the Yangon Circular Railway ...

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Rail transport in Singapore Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport op ...

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Rail transport in Thailand The railway network of Thailand is managed and operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and has a route length of 4,346 km (2,700 mi). 151 km (94 mi) or 3.47% of all the routes are electrified. History Interest in ...

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Rail transport in Vietnam The railway system in Vietnam is owned and operated by the state-owned Vietnam Railways ( vi, Đường sắt Việt Nam). The principal route, the single track North-South Railway running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, accounts for of the ...

Western Asia

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Rail transport in Armenia South Caucasus Railway ( hy, Հարավկովկասյան երկաթուղի, ՀԿԵ, russian: Южно-Кавказская железная дорога, ЮКЖД) is the sole railway company in Armenia, owned by Russian Railways, responsible ...

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Rail transport in Azerbaijan Rail transport in Azerbaijan is operated by the national state-owned railway company Azerbaijan Railways ( az, Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları). The railway network consists of , its gauge is ( Russian broad gauge), are double track and are electr ...

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Cyprus Government Railway The Cyprus Government Railway was a narrow gauge railway network that operated in Cyprus from October 1905 to December 1951. With a total length of , there were 39 stations, stops and halts, the most prominent of which served Famagusta, Prasti ...

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Rail transport in Iran Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Rail transport in Iraq Iraqi Republic Railways Company (IRR; ar, الشركة العامة لسكك الحديد العراقية) is the national railway operator in Iraq. Network IRR comprises of . IRR has one international interchange, with Chemins de Fer Syrien ...

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Rail transport in Israel Rail transport in Israel includes heavy rail (inter-city, commuter, and freight rail) as well as light rail. Excluding light rail, the network consists of of track, and is undergoing constant expansion. All of the lines are standard gauge and as ...

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Rail transport in Jordan With the exception of a railway system, Jordan has a developed public and private transportation system. There are three international airports in Jordan. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway runs one passenger train a day each way. Roadways In 2009, ...

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Rail transport in Lebanon Rail transport in Lebanon began in the 1890s as French projects under the Ottoman Empire but largely ceased in the 1970s owing to the country's civil war. The last remaining routes ended for economic reasons in the 1990s. At its peak Lebanon had ...

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Rail transport in Qatar This article is about transport in Qatar. Public transport In 2002, the Qatari government launched Mowasalat, a company 100% owned by the government, managed and operated by the state authorities to ensure the smooth provision of integrated grou ...

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Rail transport in Saudi Arabia The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) ( ar, المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية) is one of two state-owned companies that operates Saudi Arabia's rail network along with Saudi Railway Company. The SRO operates a network of ...

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Rail transport in Syria General Establishment of Syrian Railways ( ar, المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية, french: Chemins de fer syriens, CFS) is the national railway operator for the state of Syria, subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation ...

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Rail transport in Turkey Turkey has a state-owned railway system built to standard gauge () which falls under the remit of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The primary rail carrier is the ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları'' (TCDD) (Turkish S ...

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Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates has a very limited rail network. Plans for such a public transportation system only rose to prominence in the late 2000s, and various entities has since developed or are developing the following railways: Urban * Dubai M ...

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Europe

Eastern Europe

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Rail transport in Albania The railways in Albania are administered by the national railway company '' Hekurudha Shqiptare'' (HSH) (Albanian: ''Albanian Railways''). It operates a standard-gauge railway gauge () rail system in Albania. All trains are hauled by Czechoslovak- ...

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Rail transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina Railway operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina are successors of the Yugoslav Railways within the country boundaries following independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Overview The two companies operating services (in their respective divisi ...

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Rail transport in Bulgaria Transport in Bulgaria is dominated by road transport, despite nearly half of all paved roads belonging to the lowest category of roads. As of December 2015, the country had 829 kilometers of highways. Buses play a significant role in long-dista ...

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Rail transport in Croatia Croatian Railways ( hr, Hrvatske željeznice; abbreviated as HŽ) is the national railway company of Croatia. Croatia is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Croatia is 78. The Croatian rail network carri ...

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Rail transport in the Czech Republic Rail transport in the Czech Republic carried 193.5 million passengers in 2019, and 68.37 million tonnes of cargo in the year 2009.České dráhy Group, Statistical Yearbook 2009, available online on http://www.cd.cz The majority of passenger serv ...

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České dráhy České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. Overview The company was established in 1993, after the dissolution of Cze ...

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Rail transport in Estonia The rail transport system in Estonia consists of about of railway lines, of which are currently in public use. The infrastructure of the railway network is mostly owned by the state and is regulated and surveyed by the Estonian Technical Survei ...

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Rail transport in Hungary Rail transport in Hungary is mainly owned by the national rail company MÁV, with a significant portion of the network owned and operated by GySEV. The railway network consists of 7,893 km, its gauge is and 3,060 km are electrified. ...

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MÁV Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

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Rail transport in Kosovo The railway network in Kosovo consist of of railway line, of which are freight-only. The railway infrastructure is operated by Kosovo Railways, a property of the public sector where the state has access to ruling all administrative actions in th ...

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Rail transport in Lithuania Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859. , the total length of railways in Lithuania was . Lietuvos Geležinkeliai, the national ...

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Rail transport in Moldova Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

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Railways of Montenegro Rail transport in Montenegro is operated by four separate companies, which independently handle railway infrastructure, passenger transport, cargo transport and maintenance of the rolling stock. The four companies were a part of public company ''R ...

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Rail transport in Poland The Polish railways network consists of around of track as of 2019, of which is electrified. National electrification system is 3 kV DC. Poland is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC), its UIC Country Code is 51. Rail ...

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Rail transport in Romania The first railway in the Kingdom of Romania opened in 1869 and linked Bucharest and Giurgiu. The first railway on electric current in the current Romanian territory opened in 1854, between Oravița and Socol, Baziaș in Banat, right next to the ...

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Rail transport in Russia Rail transport in Russia runs on one of the biggest railway networks in the world. Russian railways are the third longest by length and third by volume of freight hauled, after the railways of the United States and China. In overall density of o ...

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Rail transport in Serbia Serbian Railways ( sr, Железнице Србије/''Železnice Srbije'', abbr. ŽS or ЖС) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2015, the Government of Serbia established three new comp ...

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Rail transport in Slovakia Rail transport in Slovakia began on September 21st 1840, with the opening of the first horse-powered line from Bratislava to Svätý Jur (at that time in the Kingdom of Hungary). The first steam-powered line, from Bratislava to Vienna, opened on ...

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Rail transport in Slovenia Slovenian Railways ( sl, Slovenske železnice, ''SŽ'') is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991. Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Slovenia is 79. History What is n ...

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Rail transport in Ukraine Rail transport in Ukraine is a mode of transport by railway in Ukraine. Railway infrastructure transport in Ukraine in majority is owned by government of Ukraine through Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) that officially has a country-wide monopo ...

Northern Europe

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Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified. Most t ...

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Danske Statsbaner DSB, an abbreviation of ''Danske Statsbaner'' (, ''Danish State Railways''), is the largest Danish train operating company, and the largest in Scandinavia. While DSB is responsible for passenger train operation on most of the Danish railways, goo ...

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Rail transport in Finland The Finnish railway network consists of a total track length of of railways built with broad commonly known as Russian gauge track, of which of track is electrified. Passenger trains are operated by the state-owned enterprise VR that runs se ...

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Rail transport in Iceland As of January 2023, Iceland does not have a public railway system. However there have been three small railways in the past. The main reasons for the lack of railways are the small population, competition with automobile traffic, and the harsh envir ...

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Rail transport in Norway The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,109 km of (standard gauge) track of which 2,644 km is Railway electrification system, electrified and 274 km double track. There are 697 tunnels and 2,760 bridges. The Norwegian Railwa ...

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Rail transport in Ireland Rail transport in Ireland (InterCity, commuter and freight) is provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. Most routes in the Republic radiate from Dublin. Northern Ireland has ...

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Southern Europe

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Western Europe

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North America

Caribbean

* : See Rail transport in Antigua and Barbuda * : See Rail transport in the Bahamas * : See Rail transport in Barbados * : see Rail transport in Bermuda, private automobiles were not allowed. * : See Ferrocarriles de Cuba, Rail transport in Cuba * : See Rail transport in Dominica * : See Rail transport in the Dominican Republic * : See Rail transport in Grenada * : See Rail transport in Haiti * : See Railways of Jamaica, Rail transport in Jamaica * : see Rail transport in Puerto Rico * : See Rail transport in Saint Kitts and Nevis * : See Rail transport in Saint Lucia * : See Rail transport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * : See Transport in Trinidad and Tobago

Central America

* : see Rail transport in Belize * : see Rail transport in Costa Rica * : see Rail transport in El Salvador * : see Rail transport in Guatemala * : see Rail transport in Honduras * : see Rail transport in Nicaragua * : see Rail transport in Panama

Northern America

* : see Rail transport in Canada * : see Rail transportation in the United States * : see Rail transport in Mexico

Oceania

* : see Rail transport in Australia * : see Rail transport in Nauru * : see Rail transport in Fiji * : see Rail transport in New Zealand Railways also existed in Transport in New Caledonia#Railways, New Caledonia, Makatea#History, Makatea, New Guinea, Saipan and Banaba Island, Banaba.

South America

* : see Rail transport in Argentina * : see Rail transport in Bolivia * : see Rail transport in Brazil * : see Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado, Rail transport in Chile * : see Rail transport in Colombia * : see Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos, Rail transport in Ecuador * : see Transport in French Guiana * : see Transport in Guyana * : see Rail transport in Paraguay * : see Rail transport in Peru * : see Transport in Suriname * : see Rail transport in Uruguay * : see Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado, Rail transport in Venezuela * : see Camber Railway for former railway

References

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International railway organisations

Africa

Eastern Africa

Middle Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Asia

East Asia

Central Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Western Asia

Europe

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Europe

North America

Caribbean

Central America

Northern America

Oceania

South America

See also

References

Further reading