Transport in Portugal
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[edit] Railways
Total: 2,850 km
Broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track)
Narrow gauge: 178 km 1.000-m gauge
Standard gauge: high speed lines to Spain to be this gauge.
City with underground railway system: Lisbon. Porto has a Light railway system with underground sections.
[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
Spain - yes - same gauge 1676mm
[edit] Trams
- See also: Trams in Europe
In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris), for over a century. In Porto a tram network, of which only a tourist line on the shores of the Douro remain, construction begin in 12 September 1895, the first in the Iberian Peninsula.
[edit] Highways
- Total: 68,732 km (1999 est.)
- Paved: 59,110 km (including more than 1,700 km of expressways)
- Unpaved: 9,622 km
- See also: Roads in Portugal
[edit] Waterways
820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity.
[edit] Pipelines
Crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km; natural gas 700 km.
Note: the secondary lines for the natural gas pipeline that will be 300 km long have not yet been built.
[edit] Ports and harbors
Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixões, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitória (Azores), Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Figueira da Foz
[edit] Merchant marine
Total: 151 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,061,202 GRT/1,601,267 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
Ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 80, chemical tanker 14, container 8, liquified gas 8, multi-functional large load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 6, short-sea passenger 5, vehicle carrier 5 (1999 est.)
Note: Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira for Portuguese-owned ships; ships on the Madeira Register (MAR) will have taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience (1998 est.)
[edit] Airports
66 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
Total: 40
Over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 18
Under 914 m: 5 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
Total: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 1
Under 914 m: 25 (1999 est.)
[edit] See also
- Comboios de Portugal: The state passenger rail service in Portugal
- Naval Ships
- Rede Nacional de Expressos (express buses)
[edit] External links
- Lisbon Metro (English)
- Truck transport Portugal
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