Transportation
in Egypt
Railways:
total:
5,063 km
standard
gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2005)
Roadways:
total:
92,370 km
paved:
74,820 km
unpaved:
17,550 km (2004)
Waterways:
3,500
km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo
Waterway, and numerous smaller
canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels
drawing up to 17.68 m (2005)
