Railways
total : 38,563 km (2,914 km electrified; 172 km dual gauge)
broad gauge: 6,083 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 16,752 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,728 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways
total : 895,030 km
paved: 345,482 km (including 1,330 km of expressways)
unpaved: 549,548 km (1995 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, Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart(Tasmania), Launceton (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

Merchant marine
total: 69 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,282,084 GRT/3,326,092 DWT
ships by type : bulk 30, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 5,liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 14, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-seapassenger 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 443 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 275
over 3,047 m : 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 106
914 to 1,523 m: 116
under 914 m : 31 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 168
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 146 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.