Transport in India
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Railways
total: 63,518 km (15,009 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 45,142 km 1.676-m gauge
- 15,013 km 1.000-m gauge;
- 3,794 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (2002 est.)
Cities with metro systems: Calcutta, Chennai, New Delhi, Bombay.
See also Indian Railways.
Railway links with adjacent countries
- Pakistan - defunct
- China - non existant
- Myanmar - non existant
- Bangladesh - yes, freight only
- Nepal - upto border town
- Bhutan - proposed
- Sri Lanka - non existant. Formerly upto India's closest point to Sri Lanka.
Highways
total: 3,319,644 km
paved: 1,517,077 km
unpaved: 1,802,567 km (1999 est.)
A bus service Srinagar (India controlled, Jammu and Kashmir) - Muzaffarabad (Pakistan controlled, Azad Kashmir, part of what India calls PoK), with one bus service every two weeks, at the same time in both directions, opened on 7 April 2005. There is tight security. The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) operates on the Indian side, and Pakistani buses on the Pakistani side; passengers get off at Kaman Bridge (destroyed in 1947 and now rebuilt and renamed Aman Setu, i.e. Peace Bridge), cross the Line of Control (Indian Kashmir barrier) on foot, and continue their journey after boarding buses on the other side of the bridge. There were two buses on each side. [1] (http://www.the-week.com/25mar27/currentevents_article3.htm)
There are threats against the passengers of the second service on 21 April.
Waterways
16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
Pipelines
crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700 km (1995)
Ports and harbours
Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam, Karwar (Indian navy), Nagapattinam, Ratnagiri
Merchant marine
total: 321 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,647,268 GRT/11,074,025 DWT
ships by type: bulk 124, cargo 69, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 4, container 15, liquified gas 10, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 75, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 2 (1999 est.)
Airports
334 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 238
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 49
1,524 to 2,437 m: 84
914 to 1,523 m: 74
under 914 m: 19 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 108
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 47
under 914 m: 55 (1999 est.)
Heliports
19 (2002)