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This page provides a summary of countries in Asia without individual country pages. In some cases, they are thought by the compilers to have no passenger rail services, and often no operational railways at all. We would be grateful for any updates.
This page provides a summary of countries in Asia without individual country pages. In most cases, they are thought by the compilers to have no passenger rail services, and often no operational railways at all. We would be grateful for any updates.


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! Country !! Status
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| Afghanistan || no known passenger service
| Afghanistan || short cross-border branches from neighbouring countries - see [http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/ Andrew Grantham's unofficial website]; no known passenger service
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| Bahrain || no known passenger service
| Bahrain || A Metro network and an international railway to Saudi Arabia have been proposed. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/bahrain.html Railways of the World].
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| Bangladesh || country page to be created
| Bhutan || No known railway has ever existed. Construction of a line over the border from India is expected to begin in 2023. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/bhutan.html Railways of the World].
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| Bhutan || no known passenger service
| Brunei || There is one short industrial railway and others have existed in the past. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/brunei.html Railways of the World].
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| Brunei || no known passenger service
| Cyprus || There are no surviving railways.
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| Cambodia || country page to be created
| East Timor || No railways at present, but there are plans for a railway. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/etimor.html Railways of the World].
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| China [PRC] || country page to be created
| Kuwait || There have never been any railways.
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| Cyprus || no known passenger service
| Lebanon || The railway system was almost completely destroyed in the civil war in the 1970s.
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| East Timor || no known passenger service
| Maldives || There have never been any railways.
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| India || country page to be created
| Nepal || one short Indian Railways branch to Janakpur
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| Indonesia || country page to be created
| Oman || The only tourist railway seems not to have functioned for some time. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/oman.html Railways of the World].
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| Iran || country page to be created
| Palestine || The railway system fell into disuse following Israeli independence in 1948. See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/palestine.html Railways of the World].
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| Iraq || country page to be created
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| Japan || country page to be created
| Yemen || Various military railways were built but all were defunct by about 1939.  See [https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/yemen.html Railways of the World].
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| Jordan || country page to be created
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| Kazakhstan || country page to be created
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| Kuwait || no known passenger service
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| Kyrgyzstan || country page to be created
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| Laos || country page to be created
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| Lebanon || no known passenger service
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| Malaysia || country page to be created
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| Maldives || no known passenger service
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| Mongolia || country page to be created
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| Myanmar || country page to be created
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| Nepal || no known passenger service
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| North Korea || country page to be created
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| Oman || no known passenger service
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| Pakistan || country page to be created
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| Palestine || no known passenger service
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| Philippines || country page to be created
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| Qatar || country page to be created
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| Saudi Arabia || country page to be created
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| Singapore || country page to be created
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| Sri Lanka || country page to be created
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| Syria || country page to be created
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| Taiwan || country page to be created
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| Tajikistan || country page to be created
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| Turkmenistan || country page to be created
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| United Arab Emirates || country page to be created
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| Uzbekistan || country page to be created
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| Vietnam || country page to be created
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| Yemen || no known passenger service
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[[Category:Countries in Asia]][[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:Countries in Asia]][[Category:Countries]]

Latest revision as of 23:00, 3 March 2023

This page provides a summary of countries in Asia without individual country pages. In most cases, they are thought by the compilers to have no passenger rail services, and often no operational railways at all. We would be grateful for any updates.

Country Status
Afghanistan short cross-border branches from neighbouring countries - see Andrew Grantham's unofficial website; no known passenger service
Bahrain A Metro network and an international railway to Saudi Arabia have been proposed. See Railways of the World.
Bhutan No known railway has ever existed. Construction of a line over the border from India is expected to begin in 2023. See Railways of the World.
Brunei There is one short industrial railway and others have existed in the past. See Railways of the World.
Cyprus There are no surviving railways.
East Timor No railways at present, but there are plans for a railway. See Railways of the World.
Kuwait There have never been any railways.
Lebanon The railway system was almost completely destroyed in the civil war in the 1970s.
Maldives There have never been any railways.
Nepal one short Indian Railways branch to Janakpur
Oman The only tourist railway seems not to have functioned for some time. See Railways of the World.
Palestine The railway system fell into disuse following Israeli independence in 1948. See Railways of the World.
Yemen Various military railways were built but all were defunct by about 1939. See Railways of the World.
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