Short facts about transportation in United Kingdom
| Railways: |
total: 16,878 km
broad gauge: 342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double
track); note - all 1.600-m gauge track, of which 342 km is in common carrier
use, and 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: 371,603 km
paved: 371,603 km (including 3,303 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1998
est.) |
| 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, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton,
Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 200 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,934,776 GRT/3,760,240
DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 31, chemical tanker 11,
combination ore/oil 1, container 47, liquefied gas 3, passenger 14,
passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 52, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off
19, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier
2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a
flag of convenience: Denmark 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
489 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 349
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m:
33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 162
914 to 1,523 m:
89
under 914 m: 55 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 140
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m:
23
under 914 m: 116 (2000
est.) |
| Heliports: |
11 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
