Facts about India - Transportation

Airports: 346

Airports - with paved runways: total: 250

-over 3,047 m: 18

-2,438 to 3,047 m: 52

-1,524 to 2,437 m: 75

-914 to 1,523 m: 84

-under 914 m: 21



Heliports: 30

Pipelines: condensate/gas 9 km; gas 7,488 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,861 km; oil 7,883 km; refined products 6,422 km

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)

Roadways:

total: 3,316,452 km (includes 200 km of expressways)

Waterways:

14,500 km

-note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2008)

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)

Ports and terminals: Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mormugao, Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam

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