Transportation

Railways

• total: 3,314 km
• broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked)
• narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001)

Highways

• total: 92,500 km
• paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways)
• unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

• 700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)

Pipelines

• natural gas 7,592 km (transmission 1,158 km; distribution 6,434 km)(2000)

Ports and harbors

• Arklow,
• Cork,
• Drogheda,
• Dublin,
• Foynes,
• Galway,
• Limerick,
• New Ross,
• Waterford

Merchant marine

• total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 110,741 GRT/127,342 DWT
• note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 2 (2002 est.)
• ships by type:
• bulk 4
• cargo 20
• container 1
• short-sea passenger 1

Airports

• Number: 41 (2001)
• Airports with paved runways: total: 16
• over 3,047 m: 1
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
• 914 to 1,523 m: 4
• under 914 m: 6 (2002)
• Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 20
• 914 to 1,523 m: 3
• under 914 m: 17 (2002)

[Source: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ie.html]

Last modified: 26 May 2003