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Tabular Data - Transportation in Greece
| Railways : |
total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2003) |
| Highways : |
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways : |
6 km
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2004) |
| Pipelines : |
gas 1,531 km; oil 108 km (2003) |
| Ports And Harbors : |
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos |
| Merchant Marine : |
total: 793 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWT
by type: bulk 298, cargo 57, chemical tanker 38, combination bulk 5, combination ore/oil 3, container 49, liquefied gas 5, passenger 10, petroleum tanker 267, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 19, short-sea/passenger 38, specialized tanker 3
foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Israel 1, Italy 1, Liberia 3, Malta 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 2, Panama 3, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, United Kingdom 2, United States 5
registered in other countries: 2,443 (2003 est.) |
| Airports : |
79 (2003 est.) |
| Airports w/Paved Runways : |
total: 65
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 8 (2003 est.) |
| Airports w/Unpaved Runways : |
total: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 11 (2003 est.) |
| Heliports : |
7 (2003 est.) |
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