Australia: Transportation

Transportation

Australia

Railways:	total: 44,015 km (5,290 km electrified) broad gauge: 1,957 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 27,095 km 1.435-m gauge (2,828 km electrified) dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge (2003) narrow gauge: 14,957 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)
Highways:	total: 811,603 km paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways) unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:	8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft)
Pipelines:	condensate 36 km; condensate/gas 243 km; gas 27,321 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,779 km; oil/gas/water 104 km; water 40 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:	Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Merchant marine:	total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,531,461 GRT/1,999,409 DWT foreign-owned: United Kingdom 2, United States 12 registered in other countries: 60 (2003 est.) by type: bulk 20, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 2, container 3, liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 6
Airports:	444 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:	total: 297 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 129 914 to 1,523 m: 133 under 914 m: 13 (2003 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:	total: 147 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 116 under 914 m: 14 (2003 est.)