Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in India? India has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 14,500 km (2012) (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is VT
Transportation in India
| Number of Airports | 311 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 276 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 17,389 km natural gas, 10, 419 km crude oil, 3,544 liquid petroleum gas, 14,729 km refined products (2020) 9 km condensate/gas, 20 km oil/gas/water (2013) (2020) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 65,554 km (2014) |
| Narrow gauge | 1,604 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge |
| Broad gauge | 63,950 km (2014) (39, 329 km electrified) |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 6,371,847 km (2021) note: includes 140,995 km of national highways and expressways, 171.039 km of state highways , and 6,059,813 km of other roads |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 14 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 485 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 164,035,637 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 2,703,960,000 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 1,859 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 66, container ship 22, general cargo 607, oil tanker 144, other 1020 |
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