Railways
total: 307 km
narrow gauge: 307 km 0.950-m gauge (1995 est.)
note: nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way; links Ak'ordat and Asmara (formerly Asmera) with the port of Massawa (formerly Mits'iwa)

Highways
total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)

Merchant marine
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,516 GRT/5,747 DWT
ships by type: oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1997 est.)

Airports 20 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 18
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Eritrea 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 Eritrea Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eritrea Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.