Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in India? India has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 14,500 km (2012) (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is VT
Transportation in India
Number of Airports 311 (2024)
Heliports 276 (2024)
Pipelines 17,389 km natural gas, 10, 419 km crude oil, 3,544 liquid petroleum gas, 14,729 km refined products (2020) 9 km condensate/gas, 20 km oil/gas/water (2013) (2020)
Railways
Total 65,554 km (2014)
Narrow gauge 1,604 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge
Broad gauge 63,950 km (2014) (39, 329 km electrified)
Roadways
Total 6,371,847 km (2021) note: includes 140,995 km of national highways and expressways, 171.039 km of state highways , and 6,059,813 km of other roads
National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers 14 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 485
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 164,035,637 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 2,703,960,000 (2018) mt-km
Merchant marine
Total 1,859 (2023)
By type bulk carrier 66, container ship 22, general cargo 607, oil tanker 144, other 1020
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India is found in Southern Asia