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Railways:
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total: 16,567 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006) |
Transportation - note:
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void |
Roadways:
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total: 398,366 km
paved: 398,366 km (includes 3,520 km of expressways) (2006) |
Waterways:
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3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2008) |
Pipelines:
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condensate 43 km; gas 7,541 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 699 km; refined products 4,417 km (2008) |
Ports and terminals:
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Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England), Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland), Milford Haven (Wales) |
Merchant marine:
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total: 518
by type: bulk carrier 33, cargo 67, carrier 5, chemical tanker 61, container 180, liquefied gas 18, passenger 10, passenger/cargo 67, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 12, roll on/roll off 24, vehicle carrier 18
foreign-owned: 264 (Cyprus 2, Denmark 62, Finland 1, France 23, Germany 76, Hong Kong 2, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Japan 4, NZ 1, Norway 31, South Africa 3, Spain 1, Sweden 17, Switzerland 1, Taiwan 11, Turkey 2, UAE 9, US 12)
registered in other countries: 391 (Algeria 11, Antigua and Barbuda 9, Argentina 4, Australia 5, Bahamas 56, Barbados 9, Belize 5, Bermuda 3, Brunei 1, Cape Verde 1, Cayman Islands 3, Cyprus 19, Gibraltar 2, Greece 32, Hong Kong 39, India 2, Italy 7, South Korea 1, Liberia 20, Luxembourg 8, Malta 19, Marshall Islands 18, Netherlands 2, Norway 5, Panama 59, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14, Sierra Leone 2, Singapore 17, Slovakia 1, Spain 5, Sweden 2, Thailand 5, Tonga 1, US 1) (2008) |
Airports:
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510 (2008) |
Airports density:
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119,830 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 312
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 127
914 to 1,523 m: 79
under 914 m: 65 (2008) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 198
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 21
under 914 m: 173 (2008) |
Heliports:
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11 (2007) |
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