16-16  Basic Statistics on National Railways in Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1985

1990

1995

2000

2002

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Length of Railways in Operation     (km)

52119

53378

54616

58656

59530

60446

 

      In Formal Operation                

49433

50310

50866

51262

54422

56238

 

      In Temporary Operation             

2686

3068

3750

7394

5108

4208

 

  Proportion of the Length in Formal   

94.8

94.3

93.1

87.4

91.4

93.0

 

    Operation                            

       

       

       

 

 

  Double-Tracking Length              (km)

9989

13024

16909

21408

23058

23702

 

  As Percentage of the Length of Railways 

19.2

24.4

31.0

36.5

38.7

39.2

 

    in Operation                   

       

       

       

 

 

  Length of Electrified Railways      (km)

4151

6941

9703

14864

17409

18060

 

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

8.0

13.0

17.8

25.3

29.2

29.9

 

  Length of Diesel Engine Routes      (km)

10822

16097

24749

39497

42121

42387

 

 

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

20.8

30.2

45.3

67.3

70.8

70.1

 

  Length under Centralized Traffic Control (km)

1307

1169

1226

1200

1401

1842

 

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.4

3.1

 

 

 

  Automatic Blocking Length           (km)

6921

10370

12910

18318

20682

21920

 

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

13.3

19.4

23.6

31.2

34.7

36.3

 

  Semi-automatic Blocking Length      (km)

42625

38832

40859

41695

39990

39522

 

  As Percentage of Railways in Operation

81.8

72.7

74.8

71.1

67.2

65.4

 

  Length of Continuous Welded Rail    (km)

10439

14644

21854

29975

35967

39497

 

  As Percentage of the Trunk Lines     

16.7

21.7

40.0

51.1

42.7

46.0

 

 

 

  Number of Stations with Electric     

2320

3535

4587

5232

5278

5204

 

    Interlocking                    (unit)

       

       

       

 

 

 

 

  As Percentage of Railways Stations   

46.9

62.9

73.9

90.4

91.8

92.9

 

    in Operation