Transport in Guatemala

Transport in Guatemala

Transportation In Guatemala


= Railways =

"Main|Rail transport in Guatemala"

"total:"
* 322 km (200 miles) operated by [http://www.rrdc.com/op_guatemala_fvg.html RDC] until September 2007, now closed [http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2007/septiembre/06/181615.html]
* 563 km (350 miles) closed

"narrow gauge:"884 km RailGauge|36 gauge (single track)

Railway links with adjacent countries

* Mexico - currently closed - break-of-gauge RailGauge|36/RailGauge|ussg
* Belize - no
* Honduras - none in use - break-of-gauge RailGauge|36/RailGauge|42 (?)
* El Salvador - currently closed

* FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [ [http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/FERISTSA Reference.com/Encyclopedia/FERISTSA ] ]

Highways

*"total:" 14,095 km
*"paved:" 4,863 km (including 75 km of expressways)
*"unpaved:" 9,232 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season


= Pipelines =

* oil 480 km

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

* Puerto Barrios
* Santo Tomás de Castilla

Pacific Ocean

* Champerico, Puerto Quetzal, Puerto San José

Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

Airports

450 (2006 est.)

Named airports

*La Aurora International Airport
*Mundo Maya International Airport
*San José Airport
*Quetzaltenango Airport
*Puerto Barrios Airport

Airports - with paved runways

*"total:" 11
*"2,438 to 3,047 m:" 3
*"1,524 to 2,437 m:" 2
*"914 to 1,523 m:" 4
*"under 914 m:" 2 (2006 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

*"total:" 439
*"2,438 to 3,047 m:" 1
*"1,524 to 2,437 m:" 8
*"914 to 1,523 m:" 111
*"under 914 m:" 319 (2006 est.)

Modes of transport

Ground Transportation
Chicken buses, recycled and often colorfully painted former US school buses, are popular within cities and for short-distance trips. Some operators (such as Litegua between Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, Fuente del Norte between Guatemala City and Flores, and Monja Blanca to Cobán) run modern air-conditioned buses for longer distances. There are no passenger trains.

Road conditions

An overcrowded bus plunged off a highway and rolled into a gully on February 29 2008, killing 45 people and injuring 20 others. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/01/guatemala.bus.ap/index.html]

Airlines [Grupo TACA] TACA Air

BoatsFerries are available in certain regions, such as Sayaxché or around Livingston.

See also

* Guatemala

References


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