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Transport in Honduras

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Transport in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.

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Railways

Total: 699 km narrow gauge: 349 km 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge: 246 km 3 ft (914 mm) gauge

(North to South)

  • El Salvador - no
  • Guatemala - none in use - break-of-gauge 914 mm (3 ft)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (?) [1]
  • Nicaragua - no
  •  FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama via Honduras.

    • Highways

    total: 0 paved: 3,367 km unpaved: 11357 km (2012 est.)

    Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:

  • San Pedro Sula - Puerto Cortés. Length: 56 km.
  • San Pedro Sula - El Progreso. Length: 27 km.
  • San Pedro Sula - Villanueva. Length: 24 km.
  • Tegucigalpa ring-road. Length: 27 km.
  • Tegucigalpa - Támara. Length: 23 km.

    • Waterways

    465 km navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.

    Atlantic Ocean

  • Puerto Cortés, pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula
  • Tela, pop. 28,335 hab.
  • La Ceiba, pop. 114,584 hab.
  • Puerto Castilla, off Trujillo
  • Roatan, pop. 6,502 hab.

    • Pacific Ocean

  • San Lorenzo, pop. 21,043 hab.

    • Other

  • Puerto Lempira, pop. 4,102 hab.

    • Merchant marine

    total: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 848,150 GRT/980,995 tonnes deadweight (DWT) ships by type: (1999 est.) note:

    a flag of convenience registry; (1998 est.)

  • Russia owns 6 ships
  • Vietnam 1
  • Singapore 3
  • North Korea 1

    • Airports

    119 (1999 est.)

    See also: List of airports in Honduras Main international airports: San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. Other international airports: Roatan and La Ceiba

    Airports - with paved runways

    total: 12 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

    Airports - with unpaved runways

    total: 107 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 84 (1999 est.)

    References

    Transport in Honduras Wikipedia
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