Transport in Uruguay

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Contents 1 Railways: 1.1 Passenger service 1.2 International links 2 Highways: 3 Waterways: 4 Ports and harbors: 5 Merchant marine: 6 Airports: 7 National airline: 8 See also

[edit] Railways:

total: 2835.558 km
standard gauge: 2835.558 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) (2005)
In service: 1507.832 km
Out of service: 1327.726 km

[edit] Passenger service

• Regular passenger services are operated between Montevideo and 25 de Agosto (63 km) since August 1993. One daily train was extended to San José (96 km) on January 15th, 2007. Other line, that operates between Montevideo and Ingeniero Victor Sudriers, was reopened on December 15, 2005 (44 km).

[edit] International links

• There is a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) freight rail connection with Argentina over the Salto Grande Dam
• There is a rail connections with Brazil which includes freight transshipment because of gauge difference (1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in)) at Santana do Livramento.

[edit] Highways:

total: 8,983 km
paved: 8,085 km
unpaved: 898 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways:

1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft

[edit] Ports and harbors:

Montevideo, Fray Bentos, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Colonia, Piriápolis.

[edit] Merchant marine:

total: 1 ship (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 1,807 GRT/2,405 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

• petroleum tanker 1

[edit] Airports:

65 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 15 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 50 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 33 (1999 est.)

[edit] National airline:

• PLUNA

[edit] See also

• Uruguay
• Rail transport by country

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