Australia Transportation:
Railways:
total: 54,439 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 5,434 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 34,110 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,895 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)
dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge
Highways:
total: 811,603 km (1999 est.)
paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways)
unpaved: 497,513 km
Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
condensate/gas: 492 km
gas: 28,680 km
liquid petroleum gas: 240 km
oil: 4,773 km
oil/gas/water: 110 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Merchant marine:
total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,531,461 GRT / 1,999,409 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 7, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 16 (France 1, Germany 3, Japan 1, Philippines 1, Saudi Arabia 1, United Kingdom 2, United States 7)
registered in other countries: 35
(2005)
Airports:
448 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 305
over 3047m: 10
2438 to 3047m: 12
1524 to 2437m: 131
914 to 1523m: 139
under 914m: 13
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 143
1524 to 2437m: 17
914 to 1523m: 112
under 914m: 14
(2004 est.)
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