<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Libya<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a standard gauge (1.435 m) line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral rich area, but there has been no progress; other plans made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt to Tobruk with completion set for mid-1994, progress unknown
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 19,300 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> bituminous 10,800 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, earth 8,500 km
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum products 443 km (includes liquified petroleum gas 256 km); natural gas 1,947 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Tobruk, Tripoli, Banghazi, Misratah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Ra's al Unif
<item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 690,703 GRT/1,211,184 DWT, cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 2, oil tanker 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 4
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> modern telecommunications system using radio relay, coaxial cable, tropospheric scatter, and domestic satellite stations; 370,000 telephones; broadcast stations—17 AM, 3 FM, 12 TV; satellite earth stations—1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, and 14 domestic; submarine cables to France and Italy; radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; planned ARABSAT and Intersputnik satellite stations
