Railways
total: 31,939 km (operated by French National Railways (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132 km are double- or multiple-track)
standard gauge: 31,840 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 99 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 892,900 km
paved: 892,900 km (including 9,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Waterways 14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)

Pipelines crude oil 3,059 km; petroleum products 4,487 km; natural gas 24,746 km

Ports and harbors Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mullhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg

Merchant marine
total: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,263,691 GRT/1,769,932 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk 1, container 3, liquefied gas 3, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: French Polynesia 2, Greece 1, Japan 1, Norway 1, Sweden 9 (2002 est.)

Airports 477 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 270
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 75
under 914 m: 56 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 96

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 207
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 131 (2001)

Heliports 3 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.