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Aircraft departures	985,300		[2nd of 155]
Airports	449		[17th of 247]
Cars	373 per 1,000 people		[16th of 18]
Container port traffic	8,598,891 TEU		[12th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Heliports	11		[17th of 99]
Highways > Paved	371,913 km		[5th of 113]
Highways > Total	371,913 km		[7th of 118]
Motor vehicles	426 motor vehicles per 100 p		[19th of 134]
Pipelines condensate 567 km; condensate/gas 22 km; gas 18,980 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 4,930 km; oil/gas/water 165 km; refined products 4,444 km
Ports and harbors Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport, Tyne
Ports and terminals Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England), Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland), Milford Haven (Wales)
Railways > Total	16,567 km		[16th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	160,000 million ton-km		[6th of 52]
Roads, total network > km	387,674 km		[9th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	398,366 km		[8th of 81]
Roadways > Total	398,366 km		[11th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50 (30mph)
Vehicle abundance	101.4 per square km		[9th of 141]
Waterways	3,200 km		[27th of 165]

Interesting facts on British Transportation

• About one-quarter of all nations drive on the left-hand-side of the road. Most of them are former British colonies.

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