Transportation in Venezuela

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjoining countries 1.2 2006 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7.3 Heliports 8 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 584 km (248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge

City with underground railway system: Caracas (El Metro, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas)

See East-West Railway, Venezuela

[edit] Railway links with adjoining countries

• Guyana - no
• Brazil - no
• Colombia - no

[edit] 2006

• Venezuela awards contracts worth $2.2 billion to build two new railway lines. Construction on the two new lines connecting San Juan de los Morros to San Fernando de Apure and connecting Chaguaramas to Cabruta is expected to begin in Q2 2006 and is expected to take six years to complete. April 2006 in rail transport.
• In October 2006, Venezuela opened a new Caracas-Cua railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years ^[1]

[edit] Highways

total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.)

[edit] Waterways

7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum products 480 km; natural gas 4,010 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 488,584 GRT/888,764 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 10, combination bulk 1, liquified gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 7, roll-on/roll-off 7, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

366 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 122
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 17 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 244
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 93
under 914 m: 141 (1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Venezuela

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