India Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 62,462 km (11,793 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 37,824 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 20,653 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,985 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1995 est.)

Highways
total : 2,009,600 km
paved: 1,006,810 km
unpaved: 1,002,790 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels

Pipelines crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700 km(1995)

Ports and harbors Calcutta, Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Mumbai(Bombay), Vishakhapatnam

Merchant marine
total : 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,832,647 GRT/11,376,028 DWT
ships by type: bulk 132, cargo 59, chemical tanker 8, combination bulk 3, combinationore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 75, passenger-cargo5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 290 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 249
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
1,524 to 2,437 m : 59
914 to 1,523 m: 68
under 914 m: 62 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 41
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 37 (1996 est.)

Heliports 15 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.