Ireland Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,312 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants)
Highways:
total: 95,736 km (2002 est.)
paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km
Waterways:
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 1,795 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Merchant marine:
total: 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) NANA
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 27, container 1, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 4, roll on/roll off 2
(2005)
Airports:
36 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3047m: 1
2438 to 3047m: 1
1524 to 2437m: 4
914 to 1523m: 3
under 914m: 6
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 21
914 to 1523m: 4
under 914m: 17
(2004 est.)
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