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Transportation in Taiwan
Railways:
total:
1,496 km (2003)
- Taiwan Railway Administration: 1,097 km (gauge: 1067 mm)
- Taiwan Sugar Corporation : 240 km (gauge: 762 mm)
- Taipei Rapid Transit System: 65 km (gauge: 1435 mm)
- Forestry Bureau : 86 km (gauge: 762 mm)
See also: Rail transport in Taiwan
Roads:
total:
37342 km (2003)
- highways: 20,947 km (including 872 km of freeways)
- urban roads: 16,395, km
See also: Highway System in Taiwan
Pipelines: petroleum products 3,400 km; natural gas 1,800 km (1999)
Ports and harbors: Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, Hualien, Su-ao, Anping
Merchant marine:
235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,827,173 GRT/6,121,877 DWT (2003)
ships by type:
- bulk 35
- cargo 64
- container 42
- petroleum tanker 20
- passager 38
- other 36
Airports: 18 (civil, 2003)
length of runways:
- over 3,047 m: 4
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
- 914 to 1,523 m: 4
- under 914 m: 1
Heliports: 2 (1999 est.)
- See also : Taiwan, Republic of China
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