Transportation in Guatemala

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Transportation In Guatemala

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Atlantic Ocean 5.2 Pacific Ocean 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Named airports 7.2 Airports - with paved runways 7.3 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 Modes of transport 9 Road conditions 10 See also 11 References

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Guatemala

total:

• 322 km (200 miles) operated by RDC until September 2007, now closed [1]
• 563 km (350 miles) closed

narrow gauge: 884 km 3 ft (914 mm) gauge (single track)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Mexico - currently closed - break-of-gauge 3 ft (914 mm)/4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
• Belize - no
• Honduras - none in use - break-of-gauge 3 ft (914 mm)/3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) (?)
• El Salvador - currently closed

• FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. ^[1]

[edit] Highways

• total: 14,095 km
• paved: 4,863 km (including 75 km of expressways)
• unpaved: 9,232 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season

[edit] Pipelines

• oil 480 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

• Puerto Barrios
• Santo Tomás de Castilla

[edit] Pacific Ocean

• Champerico, Puerto Quetzal, Puerto San José

[edit] Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

450 (2006 est.)

[edit] Named airports

• La Aurora International Airport
• Mundo Maya International Airport
• San José Airport
• Quetzaltenango Airport
• Puerto Barrios Airport

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

• total: 11
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
• 914 to 1,523 m: 4
• under 914 m: 2 (2006 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

• total: 439
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
• 914 to 1,523 m: 111
• under 914 m: 319 (2006 est.)

[edit] Modes of transport

Ground Transportation
Chicken buses, recycled and often colorfully painted former US school buses, are popular within cities and for short-distance trips. Some operators (such as Litegua between Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, Fuente del Norte between Guatemala City and Flores, and Monja Blanca to Cobán) run modern air-conditioned buses for longer distances. There are no passenger trains.

[edit] Road conditions

An overcrowded bus plunged off a highway and rolled into a gully on February 29, 2008, killing 45 people and injuring 20 others.[2]

Airlines [Grupo TACA]TACA Air

Boats Ferries are available in certain regions, such as Sayaxché or around Livingston.

[edit] See also

• Guatemala

[edit] References

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