The Ultimate Transportation in Brazil - American History Information Guide and Reference

Transportation in Brazil:

Contents

1 Railways

1.1 Cities with Metros
1.2 Railway links with adjacent countries

2 Highways

3 Waterways

4 Pipelines

5 Seaports and harbors

6 Merchant marine

7 Airports

7.1 Airports - with paved runways
7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways

8 National airlines

Railways

total: 27,882 km (1,122 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge: 4,057 km 1.600-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,489 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)

standard gauge: 10 km 1.435mm gauge - line 5 of the Sao Paulo so that they can use off the shelf equipment.

Cities with Metros

Highways

total: 1.98 million km
paved: 184,140 km
unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996 est.)

Waterways

50,000 km navigable

Pipelines

crude oil 2,980 km; petroleum products 4,762 km; natural gas 4,246 km (1998)

Seaports and harbors

Belém, Fortaleza, Ilheus , Imbituba , Manaus, Paranagua , Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande , Salvador, Santos, Vitoria

Merchant marine

total: 174 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 DWT
ships by type: bulk 34, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 9, container 10, liquified gas 10, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 11, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

3,277 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 541
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 138
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 32 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 1,306
under 914 m: 1,357 (1999 est.)

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Transportation in Brazil