Short facts about transportation in Libya
| Railways: |
note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems
having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard gauge
line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha,
center of a mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans
made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to
Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libya signed contracts with
two private companies - Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain -
in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork
(1001) |
| Highways: |
total: 24,484 km
paved: 6,800 km
unpaved: 17,684
km (1996) |
| Pipelines: |
crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum products
443 km (includes liquefied petroleum gas or LPG 256 km); natural gas 1,947
km |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al
Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli,
Zuwarah |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 399,725 GRT/654,843
DWT
ships by type: cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 3,
petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 4 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
136 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 58
over 3,047 m: 23
2,438 to 3,047 m:
6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m: 2 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 78
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m:
40
under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
