<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Thailand<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 3,940 km 1.000-meter gauge, 99 km double track
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 77,697 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 35,855 km (including 88 km of expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, other stabilization 14,092 km; earth 27,750 km (1988)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 3,999 km principal waterways; 3,701 km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year; numerous minor waterways navigable by shallow-draft native craft
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> petroleum products 67 km; natural gas 350 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Bangkok, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> service to general public inadequate; bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and microwave radio relay network; 739,500 telephones (1987); broadcast stations—over 200 AM, 100 FM, and 11 TV in government-controlled networks; satellite earth stations—1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT; domestic satellite system being developed