Railways

total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 km double track)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (1996 est.)

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Afghanistan - no
  • railhead at border at Chaman
  • railhead at border at Khyber Pass
• China - no
• India - defunct - may be rebuilt
• Iran - under construction - break-of-gauge 1676mm/1435mm

Highways

total: 247,811 km
paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways)
unpaved: 106,559 km (1998 est.)
Vehicles on road: 4.2 million vehicles 250,000 commercial vehicles[1] (2004 estimate)

A bus service Srinagar (India controlled) - Muzaffarabad (Pakistan controlled), with one bus service every two weeks, opened on 7 April 2005. See also Transport in India.

Pipelines

crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km; natural gas 4,044 km (1987)

Ports and harbors

• Karachi
• Port Muhammad bin Qasim
• Gwadar to be inaugurated.

Merchant marine

total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 288,249 GRT/444,451 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 15, container 3, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

118 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 82
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 20 (1999 est.)

Heliports

7 (1999 est.)

See also

• Pakistan