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Tabular Data - Transportation in Ireland
| Railways : |
total: 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2003) |
| Highways : |
total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,457 km (2000 est.) |
| Waterways : |
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004) |
| Pipelines : |
gas 1,795 km (2003) |
| Ports And Harbors : |
Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford |
| Merchant Marine : |
total: 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 288,401 GRT/383,628 DWT
by type: bulk 7, cargo 22, chemical tanker 1, container 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 1
foreign-owned: Germany 3, Italy 7, Norway 2
registered in other countries: 18 (2003 est.) |
| Airports : |
36 (2003 est.) |
| Airports w/Paved Runways : |
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 6 (2003 est.) |
| Airports w/Unpaved Runways : |
total: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 17 (2003 est.) |
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