France Transportation:
Railways:
total: 29,519 km (2002 est.)
standard gauge: 29,352 km 1.435-m gauge (14,481 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 893,100 km (2002 est.)
paved: 893,100 km (including 12000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km
Waterways:
8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 14,232 km (2004 est.)
oil: 3,024 km (2004 est.)
refined products: 4,889 km (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg
Merchant marine:
total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 703,639 GRT / 889,705 DWT
by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas 4, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 30, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 6 Sweden 5, Switzerland 1
registered in other countries: 139
(2005)
Airports:
478 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 283
over 3047m: 13
2438 to 3047m: 28
1524 to 2437m: 95
914 to 1523m: 82
under 914m: 65
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 195
1524 to 2437m: 3
914 to 1523m: 72
under 914m: 120
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
3 (2004 est.)
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