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    World Transportation 1998
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/world/world_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways
      total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line
      broad gauge: 251,153 km
      standard gauge: 710,754 km
      narrow gauge: 239,430 km

      Highways
      total: NA km
      paved: NA km
      unpaved: NA km

      Ports and harbors Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama

      Merchant marine
      total: 27,052 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 477,514,362 GRT/743,923,664 DWT
      ships by type: barge carrier 21, bulk 5,623, cargo 8,426, chemical tanker 1,048, combination bulk 321, combination ore/oil 246, container 2,378, liquefied gas tanker 768, livestock carrier 58, multifunction large-load carrier 86, oil tanker 4,435, passenger 306, passenger-cargo 126, railcar carrier 20, refrigerated cargo 1,056, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,084, short-sea passenger 491, specialized tanker 93, vehicle carrier 466 (1997 est.)

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

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