India Transportation:
Railways:
total: 63,230 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 45,718 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 14,406 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,106 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m
Highways:
total: 2,525,989 km (1999 est.)
paved: 1,448,655 km
unpaved: 1,077,334 km
Waterways:
14,500 km (2004 est.)
note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels
Pipelines:
gas: 6,171 km
liquid petroleum gas: 1,195 km
oil: 5,613 km
refined products: 5,567 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam
Merchant marine:
total: 299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,555,507 GRT / 11,069,791 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 85, cargo 75, chemical tanker 13, combination ore/oil 1, container 7, liquefied gas 14, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 91, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 10 Australia 1, China 1, Greece 1, UAE 6, United Kingdom 1)
registered in other countries: 30
(2005)
Airports:
333 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 234
over 3047m: 14
2438 to 3047m: 47
914 to 1523m: 74
under 914m: 21
1524 to 2437m: 78
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 99
2438 to 3047m: 3
1524 to 2437m: 9
under 914m: 45
914 to 1523m: 42
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
20 (2004 est.)
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