Railways | total: 68,525 km (2014) narrow gauge: 9,499 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 58,404 km 1.676-m gauge (23,654 electrified) (2014) 622 0.762-m gauge |
Roadways | total: 4,699,024 km (2015) note: includes 96,214 km of national highways and expressways, 147,800 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads |
Waterways | 14,500 km (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels) (2012) |
Pipelines | 9 km condensate/gas, 13581 km gas, 2054 km liquid petroleum gas, 8943 km oil, 20 km oil/gas/water, 11069 km refined products (2013) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru Port, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam container port(s) (TEUs): Jawaharal Nehru Port (5,100,891), Mundra (4,732,699) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Dabhol, Dahej, Hazira |
Merchant marine | total: 1,768 by type: bulk carrier 63, container ship 23, general cargo 579, oil tanker 141, other 962 (2020) |
Airports | total: 346 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 253 (2017) over 3,047 m: 22 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 59 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 76 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 82 (2017) under 914 m: 14 (2017) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 93 (2013) over 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 38 (2013) under 914 m: 45 (2013) |
Heliports | 45 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 485 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 164,035,637 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,703,960,000 mt-km (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | VT |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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