Transportation in Portugal (original) (raw)

Railways:
_total:_2,850 km
_broad gauge:_2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km double track)
_narrow gauge:_274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)

City with underground railway system: Lisbon. Porto has a Light railway system with underground sections.

Highways:
_total:_68,732 km
_paved:_59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways)
_unpaved:_9,622 km (1999 est.)

**Waterways:**820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity

**Pipelines:**crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km; natural gas 700 km
_note:_the secondary lines for the natural gas pipeline that will be 300 km long have not yet been built

Ports and harbors: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo

Merchant marine:
_total:_151 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,061,202 GRT/1,601,267 DWT
_ships by type:_bulk 13, cargo 80, chemical tanker 14, container 8, liquified gas 8, multi-functional large load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 6, short-sea passenger 5, vehicle carrier 5 (1999 est.)
_note:_Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira for Portuguese-owned ships; ships on the Madeira Register (MAR) will have taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience (1998 est.)

**Airports:**66 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
_total:_40
_over 3,047 m:_5
_2,438 to 3,047 m:_8
_1,524 to 2,437 m:_4
_914 to 1,523 m:_18
_under 914 m:_5 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
_total:_26
_914 to 1,523 m:_1
_under 914 m:_25 (1999 est.)