Railroads: 4,300 km total, all government owned (1987); 4,055 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge; 917 km double track; 2,640 km electrified

Highways:
total: 36,930 km
paved: 33,902 km (including 276 km expressways)
unpaved: earth 3,028 km (1991)

Inland waterways: 470 km (1987)
Pipelines: crude oil 193 km; petroleum products 525 km; natural gas 1,400 km (1992)

Ports: coastal - Burgas, Varna, Varna West; inland - Ruse, Vidin, and Lom on the Danube
Merchant marine: 111 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,225,996 GRT/1,829,642 DWT, bulk 48, cargo 30, chemical carrier 4, container 2, oil tanker 16, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 2
note: Bulgaria owns 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,717 DWT operating under Liberian registry

Airports:
total: 487
usable: 85
with permanent-surface runways: 32
with runways over 3659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 21
with runways 1,060-2,439 m: 36
note: a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.