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Railways: total:  370 km

standard gauge:  370 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km belong to the Jamaica Railway Corporation in common carrier service, but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite
Highways: total:  19,000 km

paved:  13,433 km

unpaved:  5,567 km (1997)
Waterways: none
Pipelines: petroleum products 10 km
Ports and harbors: Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf)
Merchant marine: total:  1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,930 GRT/3,065 DWT

ships by type:  petroleum tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Airports: 35 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total:  11

2,438 to 3,047 m:  2

1,524 to 2,437 m:  1

914 to 1,523 m:  3

under 914 m:  5 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total:  24

914 to 1,523 m:  2

under 914 m:  22 (2000 est.)

 

Countryfacts Information Courtesy: CIA Worldbook








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