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Basic Statistics on National Railways in Operation
Item
1978
1985
1990
1995
2000
2001
Length of Railways in Operation
(km)
48618
52119
53378
54616
58656
59079
In Formal Operation
45539
49433
50310
50866
51262
54013
In Temporary Operation
3079
2686
3068
3750
7394
5066
Proportion of the Length in Formal
93.7
94.8
94.3
93.1
87.4
91.4
Operation
Double-Tracking Length
(km)
7630
9989
13024
16909
21408
22640
As Percentage of the Length of Railways
15.7
19.2
24.4
31.0
36.5
38.3
in Operation
Length of Electrified Railways
(km)
1030
4151
6941
9703
14864
16877
As Percentage of Railways in Operation
2.1
8.0
13.0
17.8
25.3
28.6
Length of Diesel Engine Routes
(km)
6550
10822
16097
24749
39497
40466
As Percentage of Railways in Operation
13.5
20.8
30.2
45.3
67.3
68.5
Length under Centralized Traffic Control
1307
1169
1226
1200
1163
As Percentage of Railways in Operation
2.5
2.2
2.2
2.0
2.0
Automatic Blocking Length
(km)
5981
6921
10370
12910
18318
18845
As Percentage of Railways in Operation
12.3
13.3
19.4
23.6
31.2
31.9
Semi-automatic Blocking Length
(km)
34759
42625
38832
40859
41695
41336
As Percentage of Railways in Operation
71.5
81.8
72.7
74.8
71.1
70.0
Length of Continuous Welded Rail
(km)
6530
10439
14644
21854
29975
32502
As Percentage of the Trunk Lines
12.2
16.7
21.7
40.0
51.1
39.0
Number of Stations with Electric
1336
2320
3535
4587
5232
5288
Interlocking
(unit)
As Percentage of Railways Stations
27.7
46.9
62.9
73.9
90.4
91.6
in Operation