Transport in Madagascar

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Maps 1.2 Cities served by rail 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 7 Airports - with paved runways 8 Airports - with unpaved runways 9 See also

[edit] Railways

The railways are currently concessioned to Madarail.

total: 875 km
narrow gauge: 875 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

There are two unconnected systems.

[edit] Maps

• Scalable vector graphic maps of Madagascar and the regions of Nosy Be, Diego-Suarez, Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa, Tuléar, Sainte-Marie island and Antananarivo

[edit] Cities served by rail

• Antananarivo - national capital
• Toamasina - chief seaport

[edit] Highways

total: 49,837 km
paved: 5,781 km
unpaved: 44,056 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Waterways

of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of Lakandranon' Ampangalana (Canal des Pangalanes)

[edit] Ports and harbors

Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,819 GRT/34,173 DWT
ships by type: cargo 7, chemical tanker 1, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

133 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 29
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 104
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 59
under 914 m: 42 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Madagascar

man - convenient bus transport between major cities

Madagascar Helicopter - helicopter transfer service in Madagascar