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)

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