Railways:
total: 584 km (248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge
City with underground railway system: Caracas (El Metro, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas)
Highways:
total:
96,155 km
paved:
32,308 km
unpaved:
63,847 km (1997 est.)
Waterways: 7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
Pipelines: crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum products 480 km; natural gas 4,010 km
Ports and harbors: Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon
Merchant marine:
total:
34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 488,584 GRT/888,764 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 5, cargo 10, combination bulk 1, liquified gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 7, roll-on/roll-off 7, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 366 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
122
over 3,047 m:
5
2,438 to 3,047 m:
10
1,524 to 2,437 m:
32
914 to 1,523 m:
58
under 914 m:
17 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
244
1,524 to 2,437 m:
10
914 to 1,523 m:
93
under 914 m:
141 (1999 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)
- See also : Venezuela
