Railways | total: 1,613 km (2018) standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018) narrow gauge: 1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018) 150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower |
Roadways | total: 43,206 km (2017) paved: 42,793 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 413 km (2017) |
Pipelines | 25 km condensate, 2,200 km gas, 13,500 km oil (2018) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Keelung (Chi-lung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung container port(s) (TEUs): Kaohsiung (10,428,634), Taichung (1,793,966), Taipei (1,620,392) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Yung An (Kaohsiung), Taichung |
Merchant marine | total: 407 by type: bulk carrier 36, container ship 49, general cargo 57, oil tanker 31, other 234 (2020) |
Airports | total: 37 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 35 (2013) over 3,047 m: 8 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2013) under 914 m: 2 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 2 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) under 914 m: 1 (2013) |
Heliports | 31 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 216 |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | B |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021