| 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 | |||||