Transportation in the United Kingdom
Railways:- total: 16,878 km
- Great Britain: 16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (standard gauge) (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple track) (1996), see also: British railway system.
- Northern Ireland: 342 km (190 km double track) 1.600-m gauge (broad gauge, like in the Republic of Ireland), Northern Ireland Railways
total: 371,603 km
paved: 371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.)
Driving is on the left.
Waterways: 3,200 km - Waterways in the United Kingdom
Pipelines: crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum products 2,993 km; natural gas 12,800 km
Ports and harbours: Aberdeen, Avonmouth, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Gloucester, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
Merchant marine:
total:
173 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,917,708 GRT/3,063,113 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 4, cargo 33, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 1, container 39, liquified gas 2, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 50, roll-on/roll-off 18, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 498 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
357
over 3,047 m:
10
2,438 to 3,047 m:
33
1,524 to 2,437 m:
166
914 to 1,523 m:
93
under 914 m:
55 (1999 est.)
- London Heathrow Airport, largest traffic volume international airport in Europe and second largest airport in the world (after Chicago)
- London Gatwick Airport, London's second airport, and the second largest airport in the UK
- London Luton Airport at Luton
- London Stansted Airport in Essex, about fifty miles north of London
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
141
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
23
under 914 m:
117 (1999 est.)
Heliports:
12 (1999 est.)
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