Taiwan – TRAVEL

TRAVEL

Taiwan
Transportation in the Republic of China is regulated by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China, with effective jurisdiction over Taiwan, the Pescadores, and other outlying islands.

Railways

total: 1,496 km (2003)        Taiwan Railway Administration: 1,097 km (gauge: 1067 mm)        Taiwan Sugar Corporation: 240 km (gauge: 762 mm)        Taipei Rapid Transit System: 65 km (gauge: 1435 mm)        Forestry Bureau: 86 km (gauge: 762 mm)

Roads
total:
37342 km (2003)

        highways: 20,947 km (including 872 km of freeways)        urban roads: 16,395, km

Ports and harbors

         Kaohsiung         Keelung         Taichung         Hualien         Su-ao         Anping

Merchant marine: 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,827,173 GRT/6,121,877 DWT (2003)

ships by type
        bulk 35

        cargo 64        container 42        petroleum tanker 20        passager 38        other 36

Airports: 18 (civil, 2003)

Heliports: 2 (1999 est.)