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Communications
Railroads: 3,940 km 1.000-meter gauge, 99 km double track.
Highways: 44,534 km total; 28,016 km paved, 5,132 km earth
surface, 11,386 km under development.
Inland waterways: 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.
Pipelines: natural gas, 350 km; refined products, 67 km.
Ports: Bangkok, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha.
Merchant marine: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
483,688 GRT/730,750 DWT; includes 2 short-sea passenger,
70 cargo, 8 container, 27 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 8 liquefied gas, 1 chemical tanker, 3 bulk,
1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 1 combination bulk.
Civil air: 41 (plus 2 leased) major transport aircraft.
Airports: 127 total, 103 usable; 56 with permanent-surface runways;
1 with runways over 3,659 m; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: service to general public adequate;
bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel
cable and radio relay network; 739,500 telephones (1987);
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.