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total: 7000 km (248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 682km (40km electrified) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8˝ in) (Index Mundi: Venezuela Railways)
City with underground railway system:
See
Railway links with adjoining countries
Maps
Stations
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Timeline
[] 2008
- July 5 - meeting between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also.[2]
2006
- In October 2006, Venezuela opened a new Caracas-Cua railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years[3]
- "Towards the end of this month, we would have final discussions with Mittal Steel," said Mr Kapur, adding that the initial discussions took place in March. Moreover, Ircon is also likely to construct a new rail line in Venezuela at an estimated cost of $350 million.
total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.)
7,101 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
total: 34 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 488,584 GRT/888,764 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)
366 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 122
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 17 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 244
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 93
under 914 m: 141 (1999 est.)
1 (1999 est.)
See also
References
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