| Railways: |
total:
16,878 km
broad gauge:
342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track); note - all 1.600-m gauge track, of which 342 km is in common carrier use, and is in Northern Ireland
standard gauge:
16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple track) (1996)
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| Highways: |
total:
371,603 km
paved:
371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1998 est.)
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| Pipelines: |
crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993 km; natural gas 12,800 km
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| Ports and harbors: |
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
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| Merchant marine: |
total:
200 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,934,776 GRT/3,760,240 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 4, cargo 31, chemical tanker 11, combination ore/oil 1, container 47, liquefied gas 3, passenger 14, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 52, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 19, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2
note:
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 1 (2000 est.)
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| Airports: |
489 (2000 est.)
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| Airports - with paved runways: |
total:
349
over 3,047 m:
10
2,438 to 3,047 m:
33
1,524 to 2,437 m:
162
914 to 1,523 m:
89
under 914 m:
55 (2000 est.)
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| Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total:
140
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
23
under 914 m:
116 (2000 est.)
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| Heliports: |
11 (2000 est.)
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