United Kingdom Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: Great Britain—17,249 km total, British Railways (BR) operates 16,964 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (3,749 km electrified, 12,591 km double or multiple track), and 19 km 0.597-meter gauge, several additional small standard-gauge and narrow -gauge lines are privately owned and operated; Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) operates 332 km 1 600-meter gauge, 190 km double track

Highways: United Kingdom, 362 982 km total: Great Britain, 339,483 km paved (including 2 573 km limited-access divided highway); Northern Ireland, 23,499 km (22,907 paved, 592 km gravel)

Inland waterways: 3,219 km publicly owned; 605 km major commercial routes

Pipelines: 933 km crude oil, almost all insignificant; 2,993 km refined products; 12,800 km natural gas

Ports: 9 major, 15 secondary, 190 minor

Civil air: 618 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 548 total, 345 usable; 246 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 37 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 137 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: modern, efficient domestic and international system; 29.5 million telephones (52.5 per 100 popl.); excellent countrywide broadcast systems with 210 AM, 436 FM, 2,736 TV stations; 35 coaxial submarine cables; 4 earth satellite stations with a total of 9 antennas

NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.