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Ireland: Transportation
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Railways:
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total: 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2002)
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Highways:
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total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,457 km (2000 est.)
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Waterways:
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700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)
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Pipelines:
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gas 1,795 km (2003)
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Ports and harbors:
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Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford
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Merchant marine:
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total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 110,913 GRT/128,017 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
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Airports:
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36 (2002)
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Airports - with paved runways:
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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)
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 17 (2002)
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