Railways | total: 4,301 km (2018) narrow gauge: 1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2018) broad gauge: 2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018) |
Roadways | total: 99,830 km (2018) paved: 99,830 km (includes 2,717 km of expressways) (2018) |
Waterways | 956 km (pleasure craft only) (2010) |
Pipelines | 2,427 km gas (2017) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes cruise port(s): Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020) container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016) river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir) |
Merchant marine | total: 95 by type: bulk carrier 11, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 46 (2020) |
Airports | total: 40 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 16 (2019) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 5 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 24 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013) under 914 m: 21 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 167,598,633 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million mt-km (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | EI |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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