Railways:
total:
16,878 km
broad gauge:
342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track); noteall 1.600-m gauge track,
of which 342 km is in common carrier use, is in Northern Ireland
standard gauge:
16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple
track) (1996)
Highways:
total:
372,000 km
paved:
372,000 km (including 3,270 km of expressways)
unpaved:
0 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
3,200 km
Pipelines:
crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993 km;
natural gas 12,800 km
Ports and harbors:
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow,
Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead,
Plymouth, Scapa Flow, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
Merchant marine:
total:
155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,460,361 GRT/2,517,875 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 3, cargo 29, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 25,
liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 51, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 17, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 1
(1998 est.)
Airports:
497 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
356
over 3,047 m:
10
2,438 to 3,047 m:
32
1,524 to 2,437 m:
169
914 to 1,523 m:
91
under 914 m:
54 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
141
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
23
under 914 m:
117 (1998 est.)
Heliports:
12 (1998 est.)