Railways
total: 2,474 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 100 km double track)
narrow gauge: 887 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack type railway for steepgrades)

Highways
total : 116,440 km
paved: 106,775 km (including 420 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,665 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 80 km; system consists of three coastal canals; including the CorinthCanal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinthwith the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Piraievs(Piraeus) by 325 km; and three unconnected rivers

Pipelines crude oil 26 km; petroleum products 547 km

Ports and harbors Alexandroupolis, Elevsis, Iraklion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkira, Khalkis,Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Piraievs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos

Merchant marine
total: 984 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,571,920 GRT/49,674,832 DWT
ships by type: bulk 433, cargo 85, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 16, combinationore/oil 18, container 39, liquefied gas tanker 4, multi-function large loadcarrier 1, oil tanker 239, passenger 15, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 82, specialized tanker 3,vehicle carrier 1
note: Greece owns an additional 1,883 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 67,631,159DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands,Cyprus, Honduras, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Singapore, Syria, Vanuatu (1996 est.)

Airports 78 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 75
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m : 18
under 914 m: 21 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1996 est.)

Heliports 1 (1996 est.)

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