Transportation in Peru
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[edit] Railways
total: 1,988 km
standard gauge: 1,608 km, 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge
narrow gauge: 380 km, 3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Not all railways in Peru link up.
Ferrocarril Central Andino was the highest railway in the world before 2006, surpassed by the recently constructed Qingzang railway in China. Starting in Callao port, from almost the sea level, it passes by Lima city and then reaches a peak-altitude of 4,818 m through a tunnel in the Anticona Pass (Ticlio, Lima). PeruRail runs most of the tourist and many freight operations in southern Peru from the port of Matarani to Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
For history, see [1].
[edit] Timeline
[edit] 2006
- The Peruvian Government has not agreed that Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA), the concessionaire operating Peru’s railways, should convert the 94657634624365614 mm gauge Huancayo - Huancavelica line to 1435 mm at a cost of $US33m shared by the government and the Andean Development Corporation. [2]
- A 21 km, $400million tunnel is also suggested.
[edit] Rail links with other countries
Bolivia - Shipping from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
railhead in Puno to 1,000 mm railhead in
Guaqui across Lake Titicaca
Chile – yes - a semi-isolated 1435mm line connects Tacna, Peru to port of Arica, Chile.
Ecuador – no
[edit] Maps
[edit] Towns served
[edit] Central railway
See Ferrocarril Central Andino
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[edit] Southern Railway
See PeruRail
- Mollendo - port
- Puno - inland port on Lake Titicaca
- Arequipa
- Crucero Alto 14,666 ft./4,470 m up summit
- Juliaca - junction
- Cuzco - the Inca capital of historic memories.
[edit] Highways
total: 85,900 km
paved: 45,000 km
unpaved: 40,900 km (1999 est.)
[edit] Waterways
8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lake Titicaca.
[edit] Pipelines
- crude oil 800 km
- natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Pacific Ocean
[edit] Lake Titicaca
[edit] Amazon basin
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 7 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 65,193 GRT/100,584 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
234 (1999 est.)
List of Peruvian Airports
Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Lima is Peru's main national and international gateway, with an estimate of 98 percent of all international flights into Peru landing at this airport.
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 44
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 190
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 94 (1999 est.)
[edit] See also
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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