Transportation in Sri Lanka

Railways

• total: 1,508 km
• broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge
• narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)

Highways

• total: 11,285 km
• paved: 10,721 km
• unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.)

Waterways

• 430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)

Pipelines

• crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports and harbors

• Colombo
• Galle
• Jaffna
• Trincomalee

Merchant marine

• total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 62,157 GRT/84,898 DWT
• ships by type: cargo 13, container 1, petroleum tanker 1
• note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 9, Hong Kong 1, UAE 1 (2002 est.)

Airports

• number: 15 (2002)
• with paved runways: total: 14
• over 3,047 m: 1
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
• 914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2002)
• with unpaved runways: 1 -- under 914 m: 1 (2002)

Source

2003 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ce.html)

Last Modified: 1 December 2003