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Transport

 Railways:   

Total : 63,140 km (15,994 km electrified; 12,617 km double track).
Broad gauge : 45,099 km 1.676-m gauge.
Narrow gauge : 14,776 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,265 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (2003 est.).

Highways:   

Total : 3,319,644 km .
Paved : 1,517,077 km .
Unpaved : 1,802,567 km (1999 est.) .

Waterways: 

14,500 km; 3,631 km; petroleum products 1,195 km; natural gas 6,171 km (2004).

Ports & Harbors:

Calcutta, Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kandla, Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam. 

Merchant marine: 

Total: total: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,555,507 GRT/11,069,791 DWT 
 

Ships by type: 

Bulk 90, cargo 77, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 2, container 10, liquefied gas 10, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 93, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 2, specialized tanker 1 
foreign-owned: China 2, Portugal 1 
registered in other countries: 63 (2004 est.).

Airports: 

333 (2003 est.). 

Airports-with paved runways: 

Total: 234. 

Over 3,047 meter’s (Runway Length): 14.

2,438 to 3,047 meter’s (Runway Length): 47.

1,524 to 2,437 meter’s (Runway Length): 78.

914 to 1,523 meter's (Runway Length):74

Under 914 meter’s: 21 (2004 est.). 

Airports-with unpaved runways:   

Total: 99

2.438 to 3,047 meter’s (Runway Length): 3.

1,524 to 2,437 meter’s (Runway Length): 9.

914 to 1,523 meter’s (Runway Length): 42.

Under 914 meter’s: 45 (2004 est.). 

Heliports: 

20 (2003 est.).

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