Railways
total : 4,292 km
standard gauge: 4,047 km 1.435-m gauge (2,650 km electrified; 917 double track)
other gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 36,777 km
paved: 33,798 km (including 314 km of expressways)
unpaved : 2,979 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 470 km (1987)

Pipelines crude oil 193 km; petroleum products 525 km; natural gas 1,400 km (1992)

Ports and harbors Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin

Merchant marine
total: 99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,063,367 GRT/1,596,438 DWT
ships by type: bulk 45, cargo 25, chemical tanker 4, container 2, oil tanker 12, passenger-cargo1, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-seapassenger 1
note : Bulgaria owns an additional 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 151,855DWT operating under the registries of Liberia and Malta (1996 est.)

Airports 355 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 116
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m : 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
under 914 m: 88 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 239
2,438 to 3,047 m : 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 226 (1994 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.