Transport in Malaysia

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Contents 1 Railways 2 Roads 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbours 6 Ferry 7 Marine Merchantile 8 Airports 9 Airports with paved runways 9.1 Heliports 10 Transportation within Kuala Lumpur 11 Source 12 See also

[edit] Railways

There are a total of 1,890 km of rail tracks, of which, 207 km are electrified.

See Keretapi Tanah Melayu and Rail transport in Malaysia articles.

[edit] Roads

There are 49,935 km of paved roads (including 1,192 km of expressways) in Malaysia. As of 1999, there are also 15,942 km of unpaved roads.

Driving compulisory is on the left hand side since the introduction of motorcars in Federated Malay States on 1903 during British colonial era.

• see also Malaysian Federal Roads system
• see also Malaysian State Roads system
• see also Malaysian Expressway System

[edit] Waterways

Malaysia has 7,200 km of waterways, most of them rivers. Of this, 3200 km are in Peninsular Malaysia, while 1,500 km are in Sabah and Sarawak has 2,500 km. These figures are true as of year 2004.

[edit] Pipelines

As of 2004, Malaysia has 279 km of condensate, 5,049 km of gas, 1,841 km of oil and 114 km of refined products pipelines.

• See also Peninsular Gas Pipeline

[edit] Ports and harbours

This is a list of Malaysian ports and harbours:

• Bintulu
• Kota Kinabalu
• Kuantan
• Kemaman
• Kuching
• Kudat
• Labuan
• Lahad Datu
• Lumut
• Miri
• Pasir Gudang
• George Town, Penang
• Port Dickson
• Port Klang
• Sandakan
• Sibu
• Tanjung Berhala
• Tanjung Kidurong
• Tawau

[edit] Ferry

• Penang Ferry Service
• Langkawi Ferry Service
• Pangkor Ferry Service
• Tioman Ferry Service

[edit] Marine Merchantile

Total: 360 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,389,397 GRT/7,539,178 DWT by type: bulk 59, cargo 100, chemical tanker 38, container 66, liquefied gas 25, livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 56, roll on/roll off 5, vehicle carrier 8

Foreign-owned: China 1, Germany 2, Hong Kong 8, Indonesia 2, Japan 2, South Korea 1, Liberia 1, Monaco 1, Norway 1, Philippines 2, Singapore 81, Vietnam 1
registered in other countries: 75 (2003 est.)

[edit] Airports

See also: List of airports in Malaysia

117 (2003 est.)

[edit] Airports with paved runways

total: 38
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (2003 est.)

[edit] Transportation within Kuala Lumpur

See:

• Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
• Ampang Line
• Kelana Jaya Line
• Kuala Lumpur
• KTM Komuter
• Rawang-Seremban Line
• Sentul-Port Klang Line
• Sri Petaling Line
• North-South Expressway

[edit] Source

• The World Factbook

[edit] See also

• Malaysia
• History of Transportation in Malaysia
• Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
• Road signs in Malaysia
• Malaysian vehicle number plates