Transportation in Ireland

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Transportation in Ireland

Irish Transportation

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Railways: total: 3,237 km broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006)

Highways:

Waterways: 956 km (pleasure craft only) (2008)

Pipelines: gas 1,550 km (2008)

Ports and harbors:

Merchant marine: total: 29 by type: cargo 25, chemical tanker 2, container 1, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 2 (US 2) registered in other countries: 21 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 3, Isle of Man 1, Marshall Islands 1, Netherlands 10, Slovakia 1, UK 1) (2008)

Airports: 37 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 17 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 6 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 18 (2008)

Heliports:

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