Transport in Venezuela

= Railways =

"total:"7000 km (248 km privately owned)
"standard gauge:"682km (40km electrified) RailGauge|sg ( [http://www.indexmundi.com/venezuela/railways.html Index Mundi: Venezuela Railways] )

City with underground railway system:
* Caracas (El Metro de Caracas, operated by [http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve C.A. Metro de Caracas] )
* Los Teques Metro - opened in 2006.

See
* East-West Railway, Venezuela
* Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del Estado

Railway links with adjoining countries

* Guyana - no
* Brazil - no
* Colombia - yes, but inoperative (Cucuta railroad) = proposed rebuilding

Maps

* [http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?id=search&results=web&query=venezuela%20atlas%20map%20refugee%20location%20office%20elevation%20places%20roads%20americas UNHCR Atlas Map]

* Encart [ [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560608_6/venezuela.html Encarta] ]

Stations

Timeline

2008

* On August 23, 2008, a deal was signed between Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela to develop an electified railway link between these countries. A minor hurdle is the use of both 50 Hz and 60 Hz.

* 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. [ [http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11342426.htm Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Central and South America) ] ]

2006

* Venezuela awards contracts worth $2.2 billion to build two new railway lines. Construction on the two new lines connecting San Juan de los Morros to San Fernando de Apure and connecting Chaguaramas to Cabruta is expected to begin in Q2 2006 and is expected to take six years to complete. April 2006 in rail transport.

* In October 2006, Venezuela opened a new Caracas-Cua railway, the first new railway in the country for 70 years [VENEZUELA: A Bolivarian railway, by Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/688/688p24b.htm (link)] ]

* "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.

Highways

"total:"96,155 km
"paved:"32,308 km
"unpaved:"63,847 km (1997 est.)

Waterways

7,101 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

= Pipelines =

* crude oil 6,370 km
* petroleum products 480 km
* natural gas 4,010 km

Ports and harbors

Merchant marine

"total:"34 ships (GRT|1,000|first=yes or over) totaling GRT|488,584/DWT|888,764|metric|first=yes
"ships by type:" (1999 est.)

Airports

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.)

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

See also

* Venezuela
* Rail transport by country

References