Transport in Guatemala
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Transportation In Guatemala
total:
narrow gauge:
884 km 36 gauge (single track)
Railway links with adjacent countries
Mexico - currently closed - break-of-gauge 36/4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Belize - no
Honduras - none in use - break-of-gauge 36/42 (?)
El Salvador - currently closed
- Template:Country data World FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [1]
- total: 14,095 km
- paved: 4,863 km (including 75 km of expressways)
- unpaved: 9,232 km (1999 est.)
260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season
- oil 480 km
none (1999 est.)
450 (2006 est.)
Named airports
- La Aurora International Airport
- Mundo Maya International Airport
- San José Airport
- Quetzaltenango Airport
- Puerto Barrios Airport
Airports - with paved runways
- total: 11
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
- 914 to 1,523 m: 4
- under 914 m: 2 (2006 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 439
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
- 914 to 1,523 m: 111
- under 914 m: 319 (2006 est.)
Modes of transport
Ground Transportation
Chicken buses, recycled and often colorfully painted former US school buses, are popular within cities and for short-distance trips. Some operators (such as Litegua between Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, Fuente del Norte between Guatemala City and Flores, and Monja Blanca to Cobán) run modern air-conditioned buses for longer distances. There are no passenger trains.
Road conditions
An overcrowded bus plunged off a highway and rolled into a gully on February 29 2008, killing 45 people and injuring 20 others.[2]
Airlines [Grupo TACA]TACA Air
Boats Ferries are available in certain regions, such as Sayaxché or around Livingston.