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TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total:
16,878 km
broad gauge: 342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track);
note?all 1.600-m gauge track, of which 342 km is in common carrier
use, is in Northern Ireland
standard gauge: 16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified;
12,591 km double or multiple track) (1996) |
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Highways:
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total:
372,000 km
paved: 372,000 km (including 3,270 km of expressways) unpaved:
0 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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3,200 km |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products
2,993 km; natural gas 12,800 km |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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Aberdeen,
Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow,
Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead,
Plymouth, Scapa Flow, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne |
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Merchant
Marine:
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total:
155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,460,361 GRT/2,517,875
DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 29, chemical tanker 6, combination
ore/oil 1, container 25, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 51,
passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 17, short-sea
passenger 12, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.) |
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Airports:
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497
(1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
356
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 169
914 to 1,523 m: 91
under 914 m: 54 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
141 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 117 (1998 est.) |
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Heliports:
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12
(1998 est.) |
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