Railways
total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1996)

Highways
total: 92,430 km
paved : 86,884 km (including 70 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,546 km (1995 est.)

Waterways limited for commercial traffic

Pipelines natural gas 225 km

Ports and harbors Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross,Waterford

Merchant marine
total : 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 130,029 GRT/148,516 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 27, chemical tanker 2, container 5, oil tanker 1, short-seapassenger 3 (1996 est.)

Airports 40 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m : 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 29 (1996 est.)

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

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