Transportation in Gabon

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Contents

1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent states 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Seaports and harbors 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 See also

Railways

The only railway in the nation is the Trans-Gabon Railway.

total: 649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)

Railway links with adjacent states

• Equatorial Guinea - no
• Cameroon - no
• Republic of the Congo - no

• Gulf of Guinea

Highways

Main article: Roads in Gabon
total: 7,670 km
paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,041 km (1996 est.)

Waterways

1,600 km perennially navigable

Pipelines

crude oil 270 km; petroleum products 14 km

Seaports and harbors

Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo, Port-Gentil

Merchant marine

total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,419 GRT/3,205 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

61 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 50
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 25 (1999 est.)

See also

• Gabon

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