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Historical Values
Year Value
1995 0 km
1996 24 km to serve phosphate mines
1997 24 km to serve phosphate mines
1998 24 km to serve phosphate mines
1999 24 km to serve phosphate mines
2000 24 km to serve phosphate mines
2001 24 km to serve phosphate mines
2002 24 km to serve phosphate mines
2003 24 km to serve phosphate mines
2010 total: 18 km country comparison to the world: 133 standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
2011 total: 18 km country comparison to the world: 133 standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
2012 total: 18 km country comparison to the world: 133 standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
2013 total: 18 km country comparison to the world: 133 standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
2014 total: 18 km country comparison to the world: 133 standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
2015 total: 18 km | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010) | country comparison to the world: 135
2016 total: 18 km | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010) | country comparison to the world: 134
2017 total: 18 km | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) | note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place (2017) | country comparison to the world: 134
2018 total: 18 km (2017) | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017) | note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2019 total: 18 km (2017) | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017) | note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2020 total: 18 km (2017) | standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017) | note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2021 total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2022 total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km (2017) 1.435-m (not in operation) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2023 total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km (2017) 1.435-m (not in operation) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2024 total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km (2017) 1.435-m (not in operation) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place
2025 total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km (2017) 1.435-m (not in operation) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place