Transport in El Salvador
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[edit] Railways
Main article: Rail transport in El Salvador
- total: 602 km (single track; all traffic suspended; note - some sections abandoned, unusable). Rehabilitation in progress[1]
- narrow gauge: 602 km 3 ft (914 mm) gauge
[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
Guatemala - 3 ft (914 mm) gauge both countries, currently closed.[2]
Honduras - no- FERISTSA Railway was proposed to connect Mexico with Panama.[3]
[edit] Highways
Road to San Salvador, Leaving from Apopa. Vertical road leads to Quezaltepeque. Volcano of San Salvador is seen in the distance.
- total: 10,029 km
- paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of Highways)
- unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.)
- RN-21 (Boulevard Diego Holguin)
- RN-5 (Autopista Comalapa)
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Pacific Ocean
[edit] Merchant marine
none (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
75 (2006 est.)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
- total: 4
- over 3,047 m: 1
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
- 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 71
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
- 914 to 1,523 m: 14
- under 914 m: 56 (2006 est.)
[edit] Heliports
1 (2006 est.)
[edit] Airports by name
[edit] References
- ^ ::- CEPA- Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador ::
- ^ El Salvador Travel Tips | iExplore
- ^ "Shaw Group in talks with US railroad cos for Feristsa project, Central America, Infrastructure, news". http://www.bnamericas.com/news/infrastructure/Shaw_Group_in_talks_with_US_railroad_cos_for_Feristsa_project. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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