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United Kingdom Transportation 1996
16,888 km; note - several additional small standard-gauge and narrow-gauge
lines are privately owned and operated
330 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track)
16,558 km 1.435-m gauge (4,950 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple
track)
360,047 km (includes Northern Ireland)
360,047 km (includes Northern Ireland; Great Britain has 3,100 km limited
access divided highway)
2,291 total; British Waterways Board, 606 km; Port Authorities, 706 km;
other, 979 km
crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993 km;
natural gas 12,800 km
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool,
London, Manchester, Medway, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,249,823 GRT/3,978,336 DWT
bulk 11, cargo 24, chemical tanker 2, container 23, liquefied gas tanker 3,
oil tanker 56, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 13, specialized tanker 1
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 1,524 to 2,438 m:
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
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