France vs. Spain
Transportation
| France | Spain | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 29,640 km (2014) standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014) | total: 15,333 km (9,699 km electrified) (2017) standard gauge: 2,571 km 1.435-m gauge (2,571 km electrified) (2017) narrow gauge: 1,207 km 1.000-m gauge (400 km electrified) (2017) broad gauge: 11,333 km 1.668-m gauge (6,538 km electrified) (2017) mixed gauge: 190 km 1.668-m and 1.435m gage (190.1 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified); 4 km 0.600-m gauge |
| Roadways | total: 1,053,215 km (2011) urban: 654,201 km (2011) non-urban: 399,014 km (2011) | total: 683,175 km (2011) paved: 683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011) |
| Waterways | metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010) | 1,000 km (2012) |
| Pipelines | 15322 km gas, 2939 km oil, 5084 km refined products (2013) | 10481 km gas, 358 km oil, 4378 km refined products (2017) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, container port(s) (TEUs): Le Havre (2,822,910) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne river port(s): Paris, Rouen (Seine) cruise/ferry port(s): Calais, Cherbourg, Le Havre Strasbourg (Rhine) Bordeaux (Garronne) | major seaport(s): Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia (all in Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in the Canary Islands) container port(s) (TEUs): Algeciras (5,125,385), Barcelona (3,324,650), Valencia (5,439,827) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Mugardos, Sagunto |
| Merchant marine | total: 545 by type: container ship 30, general cargo 50, oil tanker 28, other 437 (2020) note: includes Monaco | total: 474 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 36, oil tanker 25, other 412 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 464 (2013) | total: 135 (2020) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 294 (2017) over 3,047 m: 14 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 97 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 83 (2017) under 914 m: 75 (2017) | total: 102 (2020) over 3,047 m: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 23 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 170 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 64 (2013) under 914 m: 105 (2013) | total: 33 (2020) 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 19 |
| Heliports | 1 (2013) | 13 (2020) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 19 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 553 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 70,188,028 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4,443,790,000 mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 21 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 552 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,672,105 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,117,070,000 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | F | EC |
Source: CIA Factbook
