Railroads: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a standard gauge (1.435 m) line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral rich area, but there has been no progress; other plans made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt to Tobruk with completion set for mid-1994, progress unknown

Highways:
total: 19,300 km
paved: bituminous 10,800 km
unpaved: gravel, earth 8,500 km

Inland waterways: none
Pipelines: crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum products 443 km (includes liquified petroleum gas 256 km); natural gas 1,947 km

Ports: Tobruk, Tripoli, Banghazi, Misratah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Ra's al Unif
Merchant marine: 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 690,703 GRT/1,211,184 DWT, cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 2, oil tanker 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 4

Airports:
total: 145
usable: 132
with permanent-surface runways: 57
with runways over 3,659 m: 8
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 28
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 52

NOTE: The information regarding Libya 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 Libya Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Libya Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.