India Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

62,211 km (6,500 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)

broad gauge:

34,544 km 1.676-m gauge

narrow gauge:

23,599 km 1.000-m gauge; 4,068 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1994 est.)

Highways:

total:

1.97 million km

paved:

960,000 km

unpaved:

gravel, crushed stone, earth 1.01 million km (1989)

Inland waterways:

16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels

Pipelines:

crude oil 3,497 km; petroleum products 1,703 km; natural gas 902 km (1989)

Ports:

Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Haldia, Kandla, Madras, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Pondicherry, Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Tuticorin, Vishakhapatnam

Merchant marine:

total:

299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,288,902 GRT/10,454,178 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 114, cargo 78, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 5, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 68, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1

Airports:

total:

352

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

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