16-16  Basic Statistics on National Railways in Operation
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011
               
  Length of Railways in Operation                (km) 52119 53378 54616 58656 62200 66239 66050
      In Formal Operation 49433 50310 50866 51262 57589 64537 65488
      In Temporary Operation 2686 3068 3750 7394 4611 1702 562
  Proportion of the Length in Formal Operation 94.8 94.3 93.1 87.4 92.6 97.4 99.1
  Double-Tracking Length                             (km) 9989 13024 16909 21408 24497 29684 29884
  As Percentage of the Length of Railways 19.2 24.4 31.0 36.5 39.4 44.8 45.2
    in Operation                           
  Length of Electrified Railways                   (km) 4151 6941 9703 14864 19408 32717 34330
  As Percentage of Railways in Operation 8.0 13.0 17.8 25.3 31.2 49.4 52.0
  Length of Diesel Engine Routes                 (km) 10822 16097 24749 39497 42792 33522 31719
  As Percentage of Railways in Operation 20.8 30.2 45.3 67.3 68.8 50.6 48.0
  Length under Centralized Traffic Control (km) 1307 1169 1226 1200 1828 17977 14821
  Automatic Blocking Length                         (km) 6921 10370 12910 18318 24149 37500 34175
  Semi-automatic Blocking Length               (km) 42625 38832 40859 41695 39390 37468 38270
  Length of Continuous Welded Rail            (km) 10439 14644 21854 29975 47965 62954 75400
  Relay Interlocking Station                          (unit)                                     3065 2814
  As Percentage of Stations in Operation   51.4 54.1
  Computer Interlocking Station                  (unit)   2792 2601
  As Percentage of Stations in Operation   46.9 50.0