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1912 to 1965 (peak length of 399 km [15]); (network under construction in 2008–2011, but works stopped, see Libyan Railways) 434 Malta: Had a railway line from 1883 until 1931 (11 km) and a three line tramway network from 1905 until 1929 (circa 14 km) 470 Micronesia: 583 Nicaragua: Suspended in September 2001 558 Oman
Map of the world with rail density (length of rail network divided by area of country) highlighted. This does not necessarily reflect actual rail use. This is a list of countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport ...
Burkina Faso: see Rail transport in Burkina Faso Cape Verde: There is no rail transport in Cape Verde. Côte d'Ivoire: see Rail transport in Côte d'Ivoire The Gambia: see Transport in The Gambia Ghana: see Rail transport in Ghana Guinea: see Rail transport in Guinea Guinea-Bissau: see Transport in Guinea-Bissau
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track -only companies and train-only ...
Similarly, there are systems branded "light rail" that meet every criterion for being a rapid transit system. Some systems also incorporate light metro or light rail lines as part of the larger system under a common name. These are listed, but the light rail lines are not counted in the provided network data.
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Rail Baltica is an EU-funded project to provide a standard gauge rail link in and through the Baltic countries, potentially connecting to a Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel. While attempts to unify the divergent standards date back to at least the 1880s with the Conférence internationale pour l'unité technique des chemins de fer ( lit.