Railways
total: 307 km
narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.)
note: nonoperational since 1978 except for an about 5 km stretch that wasreopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rollingstock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the portof Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa)

Highways
total: 3,930 km
paved: 841 km
unpaved : 3,089 km (1995 est.)

Ports and harbors Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)

Merchant marine
total : 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,573 GRT/13,593 DWT (1996est.)

Airports 14 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 4
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 10
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1996 est.)

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