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World: Communications
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<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: World
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 239,430 km of narrow gauge track; 710,754 km of
standard gauge track; 251,153 km of broad gauge track; includes
about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which
147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km
in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and only 4,160 km in North
America; fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by
France's SNCF TGV-Atlantique line
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<p>Ports: Mina al Ahmadi (Kuwait), Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki,
Kobe, Marseille, New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 23,943 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
397,225,000 GRT/652,025,000 DWT; includes 347 passenger-cargo,
12,581 freighters, 5,473 bulk carriers, and 5,542 tankers
(January 1992)
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