15-16 BASIC STATISTICS ON RAILWAYS IN OPERATION

Item

1978

1985

1990

1995

1997

1998

Length of Railways in Operation (km)

48618

52119

53378

54616

57566

57584

In Formal Operation

45539

49433

50310

50866

51395

51397

In Temporary Operation

3079

2686

3068

3750

6172

6186

Proportion of the Length in Formal Operation

93.7

94.8

94.3

93.1

89.3

89.3

Double-Tracking Length (km)

7630

9989

13024

16909

19046

19673

As Percentage of the Length of Railways in Operation

15.7

19.2

24.4

31

33.1

34.2

Length of Electrified Railways (km)

1030

4151

6941

9703

12027

12984

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

2.1

8

13

17.8

20.9

22.5

Length of Diesel Engine Routes (km)

6550

10822

16097

24749

30940

33974

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

13.5

20.8

30.2

45.3

53.7

59

Length Under Centralized Traffic Control

 

1307

1169

1226

2332

2344

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

 

2.5

2.2

2.2

4.1

4.1

Automatic Blocking Length (km)

5981

6921

10370

12910

17344

21042

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

12.3

13.3

19.4

23.6

29.2

36.5

Semi-automatic Blocking Length (km)

34759

42625

38832

40859

41175

41360

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

71.5

81.8

72.7

74.8

69.4

71.8

Length of Continuous Welded Rail (km)

6530

10439

14644

21854

24662

25979

As Percentage of the Trunk Lines

12.2

16.7

21.7

40

42.8

32.9

Number of Stations with Electric Interlocking (unit)

1336

2320

3535

4587

5095

5184

As Percentage of Railways Stations in Operation

27.7

46.9

62.9

73.9

87.5

89.9