Chinese/Taiwanese Transportation, Taiwan Transportation
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Railways: Total: 2,497 km narrow gauge: 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified) note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2004)
Highways: Total: 37,299 km paved: 35,621 km (including 608 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)
Waterways:
Pipelines: Condensate 25 km; gas 435 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Merchant marine: Total: 126 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,417,768 GRT/5,617,318 DWT by type: bulk carrier 36, cargo 23, chemical tanker 2, container 37, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3) registered in other countries: 432 (2005)
Airports: 40 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 37 over 3,047 m: 8 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 3 (2004 est.)
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th...