Transportation in Brazil
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Transportation in Brazil
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[edit] Railways
total: 27,882 km (1,122 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge: 4,057 km 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge
narrow gauge: 23,489 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge
dual gauge: 336 km 1000 mm and 1600 mm gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
standard gauge: 10 km 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge:
- line 5 of the São Paulo Metro, so that it can use "off the shelf" equipment.
- Estrada de Ferro do Amapá in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest also used standard gauge.
A 12km section of the former 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas is retained as a heritage railway.
[edit] Cities with Metros
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[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
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[edit] Tramways (Street Railways)
Brazil had a hundred tramway systems, see [1]
Currently, there are vintage tramways operating in Belem [2], Campinas [3], Campos de Jordao [4], Itatinga [5], Rio de Janeiro [6] and Santos [7].
[edit] Highways
total: 1.98 million km
paved: 184,140 km (11,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996 est.)
[edit] Waterways
50,000 km navigable
[edit] Pipelines
- crude oil 2,980 km
- petroleum products 4,775 km
- natural gas 4,246 km (1998)
[edit] Seaports and harbors
[edit] Atlantic Ocean
[edit] Amazon river
[edit] Paraguay River (international water way)
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 174 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)
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[edit] Airports
3,277 (1999 est.)
Most international flights must go to Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo or Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro. Belo Horizonte is the main international airport outside Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A few go to Brasilia, Recife, Natal, and just recently Fortaleza has accepted international flights. With South American integration, more airports can be expected to open to international flights.
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 541
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 138
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 32 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 1,306
under 914 m: 1,357 (1999 est.)
[edit] National airlines
- BRA Transportes Aéreos
- Gol Transportes Aéreos
- OceanAir
- Pantanal
- TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas)
- Varig
- Total Linhas Aéreas
- Air Minas
- Webjet
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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