Transport and infrastructure in the United Kingdom
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of the United Kingdom with the average of all countries in Europe. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 394,428 km. Theoretically, this is 5.90 meter for each of the 66.83 millions inhabitants of the country. the United Kingdom hereby ranks 97th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.25 meters of railway tracks per person United Kingdom come 59th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 12,429 km long coastline.
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United Kingdom | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 394,400 km | 5,901.57 km | 1,619.10 m |
| Railroads | 16,800 km | 251.92 km | 69.11 m |
| Waterways | 3,200 km | 47.88 km | 13.14 m |
| Commercial harbors | 1,426 | 21.34 | 0.006 |
| Airports | 460 | 6.88 | 1.888 |
Europe | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 6,708,300 km | 11,141.60 km | 1,111.61 m |
| Railroads | 273,500 km | 454.22 km | 45.32 m |
| Waterways | 53,100 km | 88.25 km | 8.81 m |
| Commercial harbors | 15,036 | 24.97 | 0.002 |
| Airports | 3,737 | 6.21 | 0.001 |
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