FACTOID # 7: Train spotters should go to Australia, which has more railway per capita than anywhere else on the globe.
 
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World > Réunion > Transportation

RéUNION TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 98 [98th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 96 [96th of 117]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > A note
370 km of road are maintained by national authorities, 754 km by departmental authorities and 1,600 km by local authorities (1994)
Highways > Paved 111 km [111st of 171]
Highways > Total 126 km [126th of 181]
Highways > Unpaved 109 km [109th of 168]
Merchant marine > A note
includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > Ships by type chemical tanker 1
Ports and harbors
Le Port, Pointe des Galets
Railways 26 km [26th of 86]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
none

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SOURCES: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.; ; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; total length of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system; Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o; The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.; Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Reunion, Department of Reunion, r�union, Ile de la Reunion, Reunion Island, Réunion, Réunion Island

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