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Transportation in Brazil
Transportation in Brazil:
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Railways
total:
27,882 km (1,122 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge:
4,057 km 1.600-m gauge
narrow gauge:
23,489 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge:
336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
standard gauge:
10 km 1.435mm gauge - line 5 of the Sao Paulo so that they can use off the shelf equipment.
Cities with Metros
Railway links with adjacent countries
- Uruguay - yes break-of-gauge 1600mm/1435mm
- Argentina - ??
- Paraguay - ??
- Bolivia - yes - 1000mm gauge
- Peru - no - 914mm & 1435mm
- Colombia - no - 914mm & 1435mm
- Venezuela - no - 1435mm gauge
- Guyana - no - 1435mm & 914mm gauges mining only
- Suriname - no - 1435mm & 1000mm gauges
- French Guiana - no railways
Highways
total:
1.98 million km
paved:
184,140 km
unpaved:
1,795,860 km (1996 est.)
Waterways
50,000 km navigable
Pipelines
crude oil 2,980 km; petroleum products 4,762 km; natural gas 4,246 km (1998)
Seaports and harbors
Belém, Fortaleza, Ilheus , Imbituba , Manaus, Paranagua , Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande , Salvador, Santos, Vitoria
Merchant marine
total:
174 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 34, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 9, container 10, liquified gas 10, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 11, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)
Airports
3,277 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
541
over 3,047 m:
5
2,438 to 3,047 m:
20
1,524 to 2,437 m:
138
914 to 1,523 m:
346
under 914 m:
32 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m:
73
914 to 1,523 m:
1,306
under 914 m:
1,357 (1999 est.)
National airlines
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