Greece Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,571 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system)
Highways:
total: 117,000 km (1999 est.)
paved: 107,406 km including 470 km of expressways
unpaved: 9,594 km
Waterways:
6 km (2004 est.)
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km
Pipelines:
gas: 1,166 km
oil: 94 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Peiraiefs, Thessaloniki
Merchant marine:
total: 861 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT / 52,943,968 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 296, cargo 65, chemical tanker 47, combination ore/oil 2, container 46, liquefied gas 2, passenger 13, passenger/cargo 121, petroleum tanker 252, roll on/roll off 17
foreign-owned: 25 Chile 1, China 1, Cyprus 5, Norway 6, Sweden 1, United Kingdom 11
registered in other countries: 2208
(2005)
Airports:
80 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 66
over 3047m: 5
2438 to 3047m: 16
1524 to 2437m: 20
914 to 1523m: 16
under 914m: 9
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 14
914 to 1523m: 3
under 914m: 11
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
7 (2004 est.)
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