Sri Lanka Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 1,484 km
broad gauge: 1,459 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 25 km 0.762-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 98,642 km
paved: 37,484 km
unpaved: 61,158 km (1993 est.)

Waterways 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports and harbors Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine
total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,660 GRT/329,365 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 8 (1996est.)

Airports 13 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.