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Historical Values
Year Value
1993 307 km total; 307 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational) linking Ak'ordat and Asmera with the port of Mits'iwe (1993 est.)
1994 307 km total; 307 km 1.000-meter gauge; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge (nonoperational) linking Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa; 1993 est.)
1995 total: 307 km; note - nonoperational since 1978; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa) narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gauge (1993 est.)
1996 total: 307 km; note - nonoperational since 1978 except for about 5 km that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa) narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.)
1997 total: 307 km narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.) note: nonoperational since 1978 except for an about 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa)
1998 total: 307 km narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.) note: nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa)
1999 total: 307 km narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.) note: nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa)
2000 total: 317 km narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999) note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way
2001 total: 317 km narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999) note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way
2002 total: 317 km narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way (2001 est.)
2003 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge note: railway is being rebuilt (2002)
2004 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge note: railway is being rebuilt; 117 km open (2003)
2005 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2004)
2006 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2005)
2007 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)
2008 total: 306 km narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)
2009 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 121 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
2010 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 120 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
2011 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 119 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2010)
2012 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 119 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
2013 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 119 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
2014 total: 306 km country comparison to the world: 119 narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2008)
2015 total: 306 km | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2014) | country comparison to the world: 120
2016 total: 306 km | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2014) | country comparison to the world: 122
2017 total: 306 km | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2014) | country comparison to the world: 122
2018 total: 306 km (2014) | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2014)
2019 total: 306 km (2018) | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018)
2020 total: 306 km (2018) | narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018)
2021 total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018)
2022 total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge
2023 total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge
2024 total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge
2025 total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge