Transportation
in India
Airports:
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352 (2010)
country
comparison to the world: 23 |
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Airports - with paved
runways:
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total: 249
over 3,047 m: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 57
1,524 to 2,437 m: 75
914 to 1,523 m: 81
under 914 m: 15
(2010)
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Airports - with unpaved
runways:
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total: 103
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 43
under 914 m: 48
(2010)
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Heliports:
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40 (2010)
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Pipelines:
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condensate/gas 2 km; gas 7,542
km; liquid petroleum gas 2,163 km; oil 7,659 km;
refined products 7,201 km (2009)
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Railways:
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total: 64,015
km
country
comparison to the world: 4
broad gauge: 52,808
km 1.676-m gauge (18,172 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 8,473
km 1.000-m gauge; 2,734 km 0.762-m gauge and
0.610-m gauge (2009)
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Roadways:
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total: 3,320,410
km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2009)
country
comparison to the world: 3 |
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Waterways:
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14,500 km
country
comparison to the world: 9
note: 5,200
km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable
for mechanized vessels (2008)
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Merchant marine:
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total: 324
country
comparison to the world: 29
by type: bulk
carrier 94, cargo 78, chemical tanker 23,
container 15, liquefied gas 11, passenger 4,
passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 87
foreign-owned: 8
(China 1, Hong Kong 1, Jersey 1, Malaysia 1, UAE
4)
registered in other countries: 56
(Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Liberia 1, Malta 4,
Marshall Islands 8, Nigeria 1, Panama 17,
Singapore 19, unknown 2) (2010)
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Ports and terminals:
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Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru,
Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka,
Vishakhapatnam
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India
has Asia's largest and most comprehensive railroad lines and is one of the
largest in the world as well. The railroads cover 62,660 km (38,935 m) of
track as of 1995 and are publicly controlled.
The
roads in India in 1996 covered 2.1 million km (1.3 million m) with about half
being paved. Bus companies are publicly owned are are operated by the
state. Almost 40 percent of the traffic on roads traveled on national
highways, which make up about 2 percent of India's total road length.
With
the economic reforms in 1991, the domestic air service was opened to private
airlines, thus creating competition for the publicly owned airlines. A
result of this change, was that air service increased.
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