Taiwan Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,497 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers
Highways:
total: 37,299 km (2002 est.)
paved: 35,621 km (including 608 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,678 km
Pipelines:
condensate: 25 km
gas: 435 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Merchant marine:
total: 126 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,417,768 GRT / 5,617,318 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 36, cargo 23, chemical tanker 2, container 37, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3)
registered in other countries: 432
(2005)
Airports:
40 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 37
over 3047m: 8
2438 to 3047m: 8
1524 to 2437m: 12
914 to 1523m: 8
under 914m: 1
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 3
1524 to 2437m: 1
under 914m: 2
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
3 (2004 est.)
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