United Kingdom - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Airports:


449 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:


total: 310
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 131
914 to 1,523 m: 79
under 914 m: 59 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:


total: 139
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 113 (2007)

Heliports:


11 (2007)

Pipelines:


condensate 567 km; condensate/gas 22 km; gas 18,980 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 4,930 km; oil/gas/water 165 km; refined products 4,444 km (2007)

Railways:


total: 16,567 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006)

Roadways:


total: 388,008 km
paved: 388,008 km (includes 3,520 km of expressways) (2005)

Waterways:


3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2003)

Merchant marine:


total: 510 ships (1000 GRT or over) 13,158,937 GRT/13,847,431 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 32, cargo 68, carrier 4, chemical tanker 60, container 178, liquefied gas 18, passenger 10, passenger/cargo 64, petroleum tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 13, roll on/roll off 24, vehicle carrier 17
foreign-owned: 262 (Australia 3, Cyprus 2, Denmark 58, Finland 1, France 21, Germany 76, Hong Kong 2, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Japan 3, Norway 30, NZ 1, Singapore 2, South Africa 4, Sweden 17, Switzerland 1, Taiwan 11, Turkey 2, UAE 9, US 13)
registered in other countries: 355 (Algeria 14, Antigua and Barbuda 8, Argentina 4, Australia 5, Bahamas 54, Barbados 8, Belize 5, Bermuda 2, Brunei 1, Cape Verde 1, Cayman Islands 4, Cyprus 20, Gibraltar 2, Greece 16, Hong Kong 38, India 2, Italy 7, Liberia 22, Luxembourg 8, Malta 19, Marshall Islands 17, Netherlands 3, Norway 5, Panama 50, Singapore 13, Slovakia 1, South Korea 1, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 14, Sweden 2, Thailand 5, Tonga 1, US 1, unknown 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:


Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England), Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland), Milford Haven (Wales)