RAILROADS IN RUSSIA
Railways: total: 87,157 kilometers (second in the world after the U.S.); broad gauge: 86,200
kilometers. The entire system is 1.52-meter gauge. About 46 percent are electrified. Narrow
gauge: 957 kilometers 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island). An additional 30,000 kilometers of
non-common carrier lines serve industries (2006). [Source: CIA World Factbook =]
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