Latvia
total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)
Lebanon
total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m
note: rail system was unusable because of damage during the civil
war in the 1980s; short sections are operable (2003)
Liberia
total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railways are in operation (2003)
Libya
0 km
note: Libya is working on 7 lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge
track; it hopes to open a 191 km line by the end of 2004 (2003)
Lithuania
total: 1,998 km
broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (all service suspended) (2003)
Luxembourg
total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2003)
Macedonia
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2003)
Madagascar
total: 732 km
narrow gauge: 732 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Malawi
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)
Malaysia
total: 2,418 km (207 km electrified)
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2003)