Transportation in India
Transportation in India
Indian Transportation
Railways: total: 63,221 km broad gauge: 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified) narrow gauge: 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Highways:
Waterways: 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2008)
Pipelines: condensate/gas 2 km; gas 6,061 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,156 km; oil 7,678 km; refined products 6,876 km (2008)
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine: total: 501 by type: bulk carrier 102, cargo 241, carrier 1, chemical tanker 19, container 13, liquefied gas 18, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 11, petroleum tanker 92, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 12 (China 1, Germany 2, Hong Kong 1, UAE 6, UK 2) registered in other countries: 61 (Barbados 1, Comoros 2, Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Liberia 2, Malta 2, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 27, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7, Singapore 13, unknown 1) (2008)
Airports: 345 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 251 over 3,047 m: 19 2,438 to 3,047 m: 55 1,524 to 2,437 m: 77 914 to 1,523 m: 84 under 914 m: 16 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 94 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 39 under 914 m: 47 (2008)
Heliports: 30 (2007)