Transportation in Nigeria (original) (raw)

Railways:
_total:_3,557 km
_narrow gauge:_3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
_standard gauge:_52 km 1.435-m gauge
_note:_Years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system. A project to restore Nigeria's railways is now underway.

Highways:
_total:_194,394 km
_paved:_60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
_unpaved:_134,326 km (1998 est.)
_note:_Many of the roads reported as paved may be graveled. Because of poor maintenance and years of heavy freight traffic (in part the result of the failure of the railroad system), much of the road system is barely usable.

**Waterways:**8,575 km consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks

Pipelines: crude oil 2,042 km; petroleum products 3,000 km; natural gas 500 km

**Ports and harbors:**Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri

Merchant marine:
_total:_40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 360,505 GRT/644,471 DWT
_ships by type:_bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 4, petroleum tanker 22, specialized tanker 1 (1999 est.)

**Airports:**71 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
_total:_37
_over 3,047 m:_7
_2,438 to 3,047 m:_10
_1,524 to 2,437 m:_10
_914 to 1,523 m:_8
_under 914 m:_2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
_total:_34
_1,524 to 2,437 m:_1
_914 to 1,523 m:_15
_under 914 m:_18 (1999 est.)

**Heliports:**1 (1999 est.)

See also : Nigeria