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TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total:
38,563 km (2,914 km electrified)
broad gauge: 6,083 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 16,752 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,728 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges |
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Highways:
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total:
913,000 km
paved: 353,331 km (including 13,630 km of expressways)
unpaved: 559,669 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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8,368 km; mainly by small, shallow-draft craft |
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Pipelines:
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crude
oil 2,500 km; petroleum products 500 km; natural gas 5,600 km
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Ports
and Harbors:
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Adelaide,
Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong,
Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney,
Townsville |
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Merchant
Marine:
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total:
57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,767,387 GRT/2,426,710
DWT
ships by type: bulk 29, cargo 3, chemical tanker 4, container
4, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 8, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 4 (1998 est.) |
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Airports:
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408
(1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
262
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 112
914 to 1,523 m: 120
under 914 m: 8 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
146
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 114
under 914 m: 13 (1998 est.) |
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Heliports:
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NA |
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