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| BRITISH TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Aircraft departures
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985,300 |
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[2nd of 155]
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Cars
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373 per 1,000 people |
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[16th of 18]
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Motor vehicles
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426 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[19th of 134]
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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 |
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Railways > Standard gauge
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16,814 km 1.435-m gauge
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[10th of 63]
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Railways > Total
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17,156 km
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[17th of 134]
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Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
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22,110 million ton-km
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[17th of 84]
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Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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44,036 million passenger-km
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[9th of 83]
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Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
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160,000 million ton-km
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[6th of 52]
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Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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736,000 million passenger-km
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[3rd of 33]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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100 %
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[1st of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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387,674 km
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[9th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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388,008 km
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[10th of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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388,008 km
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[15th of 222]
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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50 (30mph) |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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15.33 %
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[115th of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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38.23 %
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[15th of 153]
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Vehicle abundance
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101.4 per square km |
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[9th of 141]
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Waterways
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3,200 km
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[31st of 106]
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
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11
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[34th of 44]
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... View all Transportation stats
SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Speed limit
; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom
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