standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge: 82 km (1999)
Lesotho:
total: 2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and included
in the statistics of South Africa
narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)
Liberia:
total: 490 km (328 km single track); note - three rail
systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests
in conjunction with the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco
Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other
two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail
lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track
was exported for scrap
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
Libya:
note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all
previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to
construct a 1.435-m standard gauge line from the Tunisian frontier
to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a
mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans
made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum,
Egypt, to Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libya
signed contracts with two private companies - Bahne of Egypt and Jez
Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings
and pointwork (1001)
Liechtenstein:
total: 18.5 km; note - owned, operated, and included
in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways
standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)