Contents

1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7 Reference 8 See also

Railways

total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Niger - no railways to link to
• Nigeria - no - potential Break-of-gauge 1000mm/1067mm
• Togo - no - same 1000mm gauge
• Burkina Faso - no - same 1000mm gauge

Highways

total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.)

Waterways

navigable along small sections, important only locally

Ports and harbors

Cotonou, Porto-Novo

Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

Airports

5 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Reference

Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

See also

• Benin