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Transportation in Cuba

Transportation in Cuba:

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Railways

  • total: 4,226 km
  • standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
  • note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2003)

Roads

Highways:

  • total: 60,858 km
  • paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
  • unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)

Possibly in addition to other buses, 1500 old Dutch buses are driven on Cuba.

Waterways

240 km

Seaports and harbors:

Cienfuegos , Havana, Manzanillo , Mariel, Matanzas , Nuevitas , Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine

  • total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,818 GRT/81,850 DWT
  • ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
  • registered in other countries: 35 (2003 est.)

Airports

  • 170 (2003 est.)

Airports with paved runways

  • total: 79
  • over 3,047 m: 7
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 6
  • under 914 m: 37 (2003 est.)

Airports with unpaved runways

  • total: 91
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 29
  • under 914 m: 62 (2003 est.)

National Airline


Last updated: 02-07-2005 15:09:44
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55