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Communications
Railroads: 1,868 km total (1985); all 1.868-meter broad gauge;
102 km double track; no electrification; government owned.
Highways: 66,176 km total (1985); 24,300 km paved (mostly
bituminous treated), 28,916 km crushed stone or gravel,
12,960 km improved earth or unimproved earth; several thousand km
of mostly unmotorable tracks.
Inland waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft.
Pipelines: crude and refined products, 62 km (1987).
Ports: Colombo, Trincomalee.
Merchant marine: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 258,923
GRT/334,702 DWT; includes 22 cargo, 8 refrigerated cargo,
4 container, 1 livestock carrier, 2 petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 bulk.
Civil air: 8 major transport (including 1 leased).
Airports: 14 total, 13 usable; 12 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: good international service; 109,900
telephones (1982); stations--12 AM, 5 FM, 1 TV; submarine
cables extend to Indonesia, Djibouti, India; 2 Indian Ocean
INTELSAT earth stations.