Railways
total :
17,561 km
broad gauge:
434 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track); note - all 1.600-m gaugetrack, of which 357 km is in common carrier use, is in Northern Ireland
standard gauge:
16,892 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multipletrack); note - 16,532 km of 1.435-m routes are in common carrier service;the remaining 360 km are operated by a total of 40 tourist or other privatecompanies
narrow gauge:
235 km 0.260-m, 0.311-m, 0.381-m, 0.600-m, 0.610-m, 0.686-m, 0.760-m,0.762-m, 0.800-m, 0.825-m, 0.914-m and 1.067-m gauges; note - these short,narrow-gage lines are operated by a total of 25 tourist and other privatefirms (1995)
Highways
total:
388,831 km (1994 est.)
paved:
NA km (including 3,284 km of expressways)
unpaved:
NA km
Waterways
3,200 km under British Waterways Board
Pipelines
crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993km; natural gas 12,800 km
Ports and harbors
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool,London, Manchester, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
Merchant marine
total:
150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,719,891 GRT/3,246,718 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 8, cargo 28, chemical tanker 2, container 21, liquefied gas tanker2, oil tanker 54, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated tanker 1, roll-on/roll-offcargo 12, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)
Airports
387 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
366
over 3,047 m:
9
2,438 to 3,047 m:
29
1,524 to 2,437 m:
103
914 to 1,523 m:
59
under 914 m:
166 (1996 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total :
21
914 to 1,523 m:
21 (1996 est.)
Heliports
12 (1996 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
