Transportation in Costa Rica

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railways links to adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Atlantic Ocean 5.2 Pacific Ocean 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 See also

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Costa Rica

• total: 278 km
• narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified)

[edit] Railways links to adjacent countries

• Nicaragua - no
• Panama - no

[edit] Highways

• total: 35,330 km
• paved: 8,621 km
• unpaved: 26,709 km

[edit] Waterways

730 km, seasonally navigable by small craft

[edit] Pipelines

refined products 242 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

Moin, Puerto Limón,

[edit] Pacific Ocean

Caldera, Golfito, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas

[edit] Merchant marine

• total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,308 GRT/743 DWT
• ships by type: passenger/cargo 2

[edit] Airports

157 see also List of airports in Costa Rica

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

• total: 32
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
• 914 to 1,523 m: 24
• under 914 m: 101

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

• total: 125
• 914 to 1,523 m: 24
• under 914 m: 101

[edit] See also

• Costa Rica

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.