Railways
total: 4,600 km (498 km electrified); note - 1,108 km belongs to the Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m

Highways
total: 19,701 km
paved: 17,238 km (including 447 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,463 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines petroleum products 615 km; natural gas 97 km

Ports and harbors Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung

Merchant marine
total: 193 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,621,906 GRT/8,583,808 DWT
ships by type: bulk 49, cargo 30, combination bulk 2, container 81, oil tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1997 est.)

Airports 40 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 5 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.