Railways
total: 62,660 km (12,296 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 39,612 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 19,210 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,838 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1995 est.)

Highways
total: 2.06 million km
paved: 1,034,120 km
unpaved: 1,025,880 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels

Pipelines crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700 km (1995)

Ports and harbors Calcutta, Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam

Merchant marine
total: 299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,605,619 GRT/10,988,439 DWT
ships by type: bulk 126, cargo 58, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 9, oil tanker 75, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1997 est.)

Airports 343 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 237
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 47
1,524 to 2,437 m: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 72
under 914 m: 19 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 106
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 47
under 914 m: 51 (1997 est.)

Heliports 16 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.