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Railwaystotal: 4,301 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2018)

broad gauge: 2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018)
Roadwaystotal: 99,830 km (2018)

paved: 99,830 km (includes 2,717 km of expressways) (2018)
Waterways956 km (pleasure craft only) (2010)
Pipelines2,427 km gas (2017)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s): Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)

container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)
Merchant marinetotal: 95

by type: bulk carrier 11, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 46 (2020)
Airportstotal: 40 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 16 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 5
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 24 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 21 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 167,598,633 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixEI

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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