Transport in Syria

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total: 2,750 km
standard gauge: 2,423 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 327 km 1.050-m gauge (2000)

See also Hejaz railway.

  • On 22 April 2005 Syria ratified the Agreement on International Railways in the Arab Mashriq, which provides for the implementation of a variety of north-south and east-west links between the states of the region, including the restoration of direct rail links between Syria and Lebanon and Iraq.
  • On 7 July 2005 the Syrian General Establishment for the Hejaz Railway announced that it had signed a contract worth US$ 54 million with a Lebanese company to build a railroad between Damascus and Damascus International Airport.


total: 36,377 km
paved: 26,299 km (including 877 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,078 km (1999 est.)

870 km; minimal economic importance

crude oil 1,304 km; petroleum products 515 km

Baniyas, Jablah, Latakia, Tartus


total: 137 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 429,005 GRT/626,069 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 120, livestock carrier 5, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

104 (1999 est.)


total: 24
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)


total: 80
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 63 (1999 est.)

2 (1999 est.)

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