Bangladesh: Transportation
[Note: This information derives primarily from the 1995 edition of the CIA World Factbook.]
Railroads
- total: 2,892 km
- broad gauge: 978 km 1.676-m gauge
- narrow gauge: 1,914 km 1.000-m gauge (1992)
Highways
- total: 7,240 km
- paved: 3,840 km
- unpaved: 3,400 km (1985)
Pipelines: natural gas 1,220 km
Merchant marine
- total: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 293,304 GRT/428,013 DWT
- ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 31, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 3
- Ports: Barisal, Chandpur, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Dacca, Khulna, Mongla (includes
Chalna), Narayanganj
- Inland waterways: 5,150-8,046 km navigable waterways (includes 2,575-3,058 km main cargo routes)
Airports
- total: 16
- with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
- with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
- with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
- with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
- with paved runways under 914 m: 7
