Total: 20,872 km Narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge Note: includes a 1,210 km commuter rail system (2004)
Highways:
Total: 275,971 km Paved: 57,568 km (including 2,032 km of expressways) Unpaved: 218,403 km (2002)
Pipelines:
Condensate 100 km; gas 1,052 km; oil 847 km; Refined products 1,354 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha
Merchant marine:
Total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 31,505 GRT/37,091 DWT By type: container 1, petroleum tanker 1 Foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1) Registered in other countries: 7 (2005)
Airports:
728 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Total: 144 Over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 51 914 to 1,523 m: 67 Under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 584 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 300 Under 914 m: 250 (2004 est.)
