Transport in Uruguay

Transport in Uruguay


=Railways:=

"total:"2835.558 km
"standard gauge:"2835.558 km RailGauge|sg (2005)
"In service": 1507.832 km
"Out of service": 1327.726 km

Passenger service

* Regular passenger services are operated between Montevideo and 25 de Agosto (63 km) since August 1993. One daily train was extended to San José (96 km) on January 15th, 2007. Other line, that operates between Montevideo and Ingeniero Victor Sudriers, was reopened on December 15, 2005 (44 km).

International links

* There is a RailGauge|sg freight rail connection with Argentina over the Salto Grande Dam
* There is a rail connections with Brazil which includes freight transshipment because of gauge difference (RailGauge|sg to RailGauge|1) at Santana do Livramento.

Highways:

"total:"8,983 km
"paved:"8,085 km
"unpaved:"898 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:

1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft

Ports and harbors:

Montevideo, Fray Bentos, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Colonia, Piriápolis.

Merchant marine:

"total:"1 ship (GRT|1,000|first=yes or over) totaling GRT|1,807/DWT|2,405|metric|first=yes
"ships by type:" (1999 est.)
* petroleum tanker 1

Airports:

65 (1999 est.)

National airline:

*PLUNA

ee also

* Uruguay
* Rail transport by country


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