15-16      Basic Statistics on National Railways in Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1978

1985

1990

1995

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Length of Railways in Operation     (km)

48618

52119

53378

54616

57923

58656

      In Formal Operation                

45539

49433

50310

50866

51166

51262

      In Temporary Operation             

3079

2686

3068

3750

6756

7394

  Proportion of the Length in Formal   

93.7

94.8

94.3

93.1

88.3

87.4

    Operation                           

       

       

       

       

 

 

  Double-Tracking Length              (km)

7630

9989

13024

16909

20925

21408

  As Percentage of the Length of Railways 

15.7

19.2

24.4

31.0

36.1

36.5

    in Operation                   

       

       

       

       

 

 

  Length of Electrified Railways      (km)

1030

4151

6941

9703

14025

14864

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

2.1

8.0

13.0

17.8

24.2

25.3

  Length of Diesel Engine Routes      (km)

6550

10822

16097

24749

36859

39497

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

13.5

20.8

30.2

45.3

63.6

67.3

  Length under Centralized Traffic Control

       

1307

1169

1226

1401

1200

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

       

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.0

  Automatic Blocking Length           (km)

5981

6921

10370

12910

17969

18318

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

12.3

13.3

19.4

23.6

31.2

31.2

  Semi-automatic Blocking Length      (km)

34759

42625

38832

40859

40788

41695

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

71.5

81.8

72.7

74.8

70.4

71.1

  Length of Continuous Welded Rail    (km)

6530

10439

14644

21854

27900

29975

  As Percentage of the Trunk Lines     

12.2

16.7

21.7

40.0

34.7

51.1

  Number of Stations with Electric     

1336

2320

3535

4587

5192

5232

    Interlocking                    (unit)

       

       

       

       

 

 

  As Percentage of Railways Stations   

27.7

46.9

62.9

73.9

90.1

90.4

    in Operation