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Transportation

 
 Railways
 total31,048 km
 standard gauge30,958 km 1.435-m gauge (246 km electrified)
 narrow gauge90 km 0.914-m gauge (1998 est.)
 
 Highways
 total323,977 km
 paved96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways)
 unpaved227,756 km (1997)
 
 Waterways 2,900 km
 notenavigable rivers and coastal canals
 
 Pipelines crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km
 
 Ports and harbors Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz
 
 Merchant marine
 total43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 590,657 GRT/920,456 DWT
 ships by typebulk 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 28, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 3 (2000 est.)
 
 Airports 1,848 (2000 est.)
 
 Airports - with paved runways
 total238
 over 3,047 m11
 2,438 to 3,047 m28
 1,524 to 2,437 m90
 914 to 1,523 m82
 under 914 m27 (2000 est.)
 
 Airports - with unpaved runways
 total1,610
 over 3,047 m1
 2,438 to 3,047 m 
 1,524 to 2,437 m65
 914 to 1,523 m470
 under 914 m1,073 (2000 est.)
 
 Heliports 2 (2000 est.)

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