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    Australia Transportation 2000

      Railways:
      total: 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified)
      broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge
      standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-m gauge
      narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-m gauge
      dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999)

      Highways:
      total: 913,000 km
      paved: 353,331 km (including 13,630 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 559,669 km (1996 est.)

      Waterways: 8,368 km; mainly by small, shallow-draft craft

      Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum products 500 km; natural gas 5,600 km

      Ports and harbors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

      Merchant marine:
      total: 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,657,194 GRT/2,206,574 DWT
      ships by type: bulk 28, cargo 4, chemical tanker 4, container 1, liquified gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll-on/roll-off 6 (1999 est.)

      Airports: 408 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 265
      over 3,047 m: 11
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 115
      914 to 1,523 m: 120
      under 914 m: 8 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 143
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
      914 to 1,523 m: 113
      under 914 m: 12 (1999 est.)

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