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Pipelines

Condensate/gas 492 km; gas 28,680 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,773 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2004)

Railways

Total: 54,439 km (3859 km electrified)

Broad gauge: 5,434 km 1.600-m gauge

Standard gauge: 34,110 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 14,895 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)

Dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge (2004)

Roadways

Merchant Marine

Total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,531,461 GRT/1,999,409 DWT

By type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 7, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 16 (France 1, Germany 3, Japan 1, Philippines 1, Saudi Arabia 1, United Kingdom 2, United States 7)

Registered in other countries: 35 (2005)

Ports and Terminals

Year

Airports

  • 448 (2004 est.)

Heliports

Waterways

  • 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    305
  • Over 3,047 m
    10
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    12
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    131
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    139
  • Under 914 m
    13 (2004 est.)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    143
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    17
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    112
  • Under 914 m
    14 (2004 est.)