Transportation in Cuba
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Transportation in Cuba:
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Railways
- total: 4,226 km
- standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
- note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2003)
Roads
- total: 60,858 km
- paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
- unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)
Possibly in addition to other buses, 1500 old Dutch buses are driven on Cuba.
Waterways
240 km
Seaports and harbors:
Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba
Merchant marine
- total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,818 GRT/81,850 DWT
- ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
- registered in other countries: 35 (2003 est.)
Airports
- 170 (2003 est.)
Airports with paved runways
- total: 79
- over 3,047 m: 7
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
- 914 to 1,523 m: 6
- under 914 m: 37 (2003 est.)
Airports with unpaved runways
- total: 91
- 914 to 1,523 m: 29
- under 914 m: 62 (2003 est.)
National Airline
The two major in Cuba airlines are Aero Caribbean and Aerogaviota besides the state owned airline Cubana.. Their webistes are www.aero-caribbean.com and www.aerogaviota.com. Both operate modern European and Russian aircraft.