<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Portugal<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 3,625 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 73,661 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved and gravel:</hi> 61,599 km (including 453 km of expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> earth 12,062 km
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300-metric-ton cargo capacity
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira (MAR) for Portuguese-owned ships that will have the taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience; although only one ship currently is known to fly the Portuguese flag on the MAR register, it is likely that a majority of Portuguese flag ships will transfer to this subregister in a few years