Transportation in the United Kingdom (original) (raw)
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
Highways:
_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.)