Transport in Syria

Railways

Main article: Chemins de Fer Syriens

total: 2,750 km
standard gauge: 2,423 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge
narrow gauge: 327 km of 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 ¹⁄₃ in) gauge (2000)

See also Hejaz railway.

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Lebanon - defunct
• Israel - defunct
• Iraq - yes, at Nurabiya/Rabiya, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
• Jordan - yes - 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 ¹⁄₃ in) - in 2005, work commenced to build a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) line^{[citation needed]}
• Turkey - yes, at Qamishli/Nusaybin, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Developments

• 2008 - proposed joint rolling stock factory with Turkey at Aleppo

• On 22 April 2005 Syria ratified the Agreement on International Railways in the Arab Mashriq, which provides for the implementation of a variety of north-south and east-west links between the states of the region, including the restoration of direct rail links between Syria and Lebanon and Iraq.

• On 7 July 2005 the Syrian General Establishment for the Hejaz Railway announced that it had signed a contract worth US$ 54 million with a Lebanese company to build a railroad between Damascus and Damascus International Airport.

Links

• CFS

Highways

total: 36,377 km
paved: 26,299 km (including 877 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,078 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

870 km; minimal economic importance

Pipelines

crude oil 1,304 km; petroleum products 515 km

Ports and Harbors

Main international seaport at Latakia with additional ports at Baniyas, Jablah, and Tartus.

Merchant marine

total: 137 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 429,005 GRT/626,069 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo ship 120, livestock carrier 5, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

See also: List of airports in Syria

104 (1999 est.)

• Aleppo International Airport
• Bassel Al-Assad International Airport
• Damascus International Airport
• Deir ez-Zor Airport
• Kamishly Airport
• Palmyra Airport

Airports - with paved runways

total: 24
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 80
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 63 (1999 est.)

See also

• Syria