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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
16,888 km; note - several additional small standard-gauge and narrow-gauge lines are privately owned and operated 
 
broad gauge: 
330 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track) 
 
standard gauge: 
16,558 km 1.435-m gauge (4,950 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple track) 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
360,047 km (includes Northern Ireland) 
 
paved: 
360,047 km (includes Northern Ireland; Great Britain has 3,100 km limited access divided highway) 
 
• Inland waterways: 
2,291 total; British Waterways Board, 606 km; Port Authorities, 706 km; other, 979 km 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993 km; natural gas 12,800 km 
 
• Ports: 
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Medway, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,249,823 GRT/3,978,336 DWT 
 
ships by type: 
bulk 11, cargo 24, chemical tanker 2, container 23, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 56, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 13, specialized tanker 1 
 
• Airports: 
 
total: 
505 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
10 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
30 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
174 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
91 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
172 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
1 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
27