Transportation in Costa Rica
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Railways
- total: 278 km (173 mi)
- narrow gaugeNarrow gaugeA narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
: 278 km (173 mi) of gauge (260 km (162 mi) electrified)
Railways links to adjacent countries
(from North to South) Nicaragua - noPanama - no (there was a break-of-gauge
Break-of-gauge
With railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
from since Panama once used gauge)
- FERISTSAFERISTSAFERISTSA was the name of a proposed USD $3 billion privately owned commercial railroad going from the Panama Canal Railway Company through the entire length of Central America, linking with Mexico's rail system at the Guatemala border, and thus to the United States of America.- Description :The...
Railway was proposed to connect Mexico with Panama.
Highways
- total: 35330 km (21,953 mi)
- paved: 8621 km (5,357 mi)
- unpaved: 26709 km (16,596 mi)
Waterways
730 km (454 mi), seasonSeason
A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight.Seasons result from the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution...
ally navigable by small craft
Merchant marine
- total: 2 shipShipSince the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s ( or over) / - ships by type:
- passenger/cargo shipsPassenger shipA passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...
2
- passenger/cargo ships
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 115
- 914 to 1,523 m: 24
- under 914 m: 101