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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
40,478 km (1,130 km electrified; 183 km dual gauge) 
 
broad gauge: 
7,970 km 1.600-m gauge 
 
standard gauge: 
16,201 km 1.435-m gauge 
 
narrow gauge: 
16,307 km 1.067-m gauge 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
837,872 km 
 
paved: 
243,750 km 
 
unpaved: 
gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 228,396 km; unimproved earth 365,726 km 
 
• Inland waterways: 
8,368 km; mainly by small, shallow-draft craft 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum products 500 km; natural gas 5,600 km 
 
• Ports: 
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport, Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceton (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
81 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,620,536 GRT/3,801,970 DWT 
 
ships by type: 
bulk 30, cargo 7, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 2, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 1 
 
• Airports: 
 
total: 
480 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
9 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
15 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
128 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
125 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
31 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
23 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
149