Contents

1 Railways 1.1 Railway links to adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Red Sea 5.2 Lake Nasser 5.3 Nile River 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports: 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 Heliports 9 See also

Railways

total: 5,311 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 0.610-m (*B) gauge plantation line
note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic

Note: *B 1.6096m corrected to 0.6096m = 2' 0" = 0.610m SG 2004A12^1614

Railway links to adjacent countries

• Egypt - no
• Eritrea - no - defunct
• Uganda - no - proposed

• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Uganda
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Libya

Highways

total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1996 est.)

Waterways

5,310 km navigable

Pipelines

refined products 815 km

Ports and harbors

Red Sea

• Port Sudan

Lake Nasser

• Wadi Halfa - railhead

Nile River

Juba, Khartoum, Kusti , Malakal , Nimule , Sawakin

Merchant marine

total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 38,093 GRT/49,727 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)

Airports:

61 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 49
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 10 (1999 est.)

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

See also

• Sudan