Transportation in Australia
Transportation in Australia
Australian Transportation
Railways: total: 38,550 km broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified) narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified) dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006)
Highways:
Waterways: 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)
Pipelines: gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2008)
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine: total: 50 by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 24 (Canada 9, France 1, Germany 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Singapore 1, UK 5, US 2) registered in other countries: 28 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Belize 1, Bermuda 1, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 1, NZ 1, Panama 4, Singapore 12, Tonga 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2008)
Airports: 462 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 322 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 144 914 to 1,523 m: 141 under 914 m: 14 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 140 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 107 under 914 m: 14 (2008)
Heliports: 1 (2007)