Basic Conditions of Transportation
 
Item 1996 1997
1998 1999 2000 2001
Length of Transportation Routes (10 000 km)
           
Railways in Operation 5.67
5.76
5.76
5.79
6.87 7.01
Electrified Railways 1.01 1.20
1.30
1.40
1.49  
Highways 118.58
122.64
127.85
135.17
140.27 169.80
Navigable Inland Waterways 11.08
10.98
11.03
11.65
11.93 12.15
Total Civil Aviation Routes 116.65
142.50 150.58
152.22
150.29 155.36
International Routes 38.63
50.44
50.44
52.33
50.84  
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 1.93
2.04
2.31
2.49
2.47  
Total Passenger Traffic (10 000 persons)
1244722
1326094
1378717
1394413
1478573 1534122
Railways 94162
93308
95085
100164
105073 105155
National Railways 93550
91919
92991
97725
101847  
Local Railways 612
659
629
528
519  
National and Local Railways
730
1465
1911
2707  
Highways 1122110
1204583
1257332
1269004
1347392 1402798
Waterways 22895
22573
20545
19151
19386  
Civil Aviation 5555
5630
5755
6094
6722  
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km) 9143.00
10055.48
10636.70 11299.70
12261.0 13155
Railways 3325.0
3584.9
3773.4
4135.9
4532.6 4767
National Railways 3322.0 3544.0
3691.0
4046.3
4414.7  
Local Railways 3.36
4.72
5.01
4.40
4.6  
National and Local Railways
36.61
77.40
85.30
113.3 -
Highways 4909
5541
5943
6199.2
6657.4 7207
Waterways 161
156
120
107
100.5  
Civil Aviation 748
774
800
857
970.5  
Total Freight Traffic (10 000 tons) 1296200
1278087
1267200
1292650
1358124 1401177
Railways 168803
172019
164082
167196
178023 192580
National Railways 161678 161880
153208
156881
165498  
Local Railways 7125
7854
8035
7296
8369  
National and Local Railways
2285
2839
3019
4156  
Highways 983860
976536
976004
990444
1038813 1056312
Waterways 127430
113406
109555
114608
122391 132675
Civil Aviation 115.0
124.7
140.1
170.0
196.7  
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 15992
16002
17419
20232
18700  
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km) 36454.00
38368.00
38045.80
40495.60
44452 47590
Railways 12971
13253
12517
12838
13902 14575
National Railways 12922
13046
12261
12578
13336  
Local Railways 49
51
51
38
44  
National and Local Railways
156.22
204.83
222.92
522  
Highways 5011
5272
5483
5724
6129 6330
Waterways 17863
19235
19406
21263
23734 25989
Civil Aviation 24.9
29.1
33.5 42.3
50.3  
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 585
579
606
628
636  
Number of Civil Motor Vehicles Owned (10 000 units) 1100.08
1219.09
1319.30
1452.90
1608.91 1802.04
Number of Buses and Cars (10 000 units) 488.02
580.56
654.83
740.23
853.73 993.96
Number of Seats in Buses and Cars (10 000 units) 6191.82
7269.93
7621.47
9239.81
   
Number of Trucks (10 000 units) 575.03
601.23
627.89
676.95
716.32
765.24
Ordinary Trucks 558.16
582.45
609.31
655.71
697.59  
Trucks Capacity (10 000 tons) 2280.62
2287.51
2408.94
2730.42
   
Ordinary Trucks 2167.10
2167.87
2280.74
2581.87
   
Number of Other Motor Vehicles (10 000 units) 1773.13
2214.83
2770.72
3456.96 4168.06  
Number of Motor Vehicles Owned by



   
Individuals (10 000 units) 289.67
358.36
423.65
533.88
625.33 770.78
Number of Civil Transport Vessels (unit)



   
Motor Vessels 269879 215814
212093
194590
185018 169329
Barges s 56128 49983
48115
47453
44658 41457
Sailing Boats 4946 6059
3368

   
Number of Private-Owned Transport Vessels (unit)



142117
121721
Motor Vessels 157370
147415
127130
113359
128654  
Barges 6533 9944 7290 7262 13463  
Sailing Boats 4556
3217
2934

   
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports



   
(10 000 tons)
85152
90822
92237
105162
125603  
a) The statistical coverage of number of motor vehicles owned by highway departments has extended to
motor vehicles of all society since 1999.