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Main article: Rail transport in Belgium
Total: 3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km double track) Standard gauge 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998)
NMBS/SNCB is the National Railway Company of Belgium.Trains, unlike road traffic, run on the left.
City with metro system: Brussels (MIVB/STIB). Cities with light rail systems: Antwerp (De Lijn), Charleroi (TEC), Ghent (De Lijn). Some heavy metro infrastructures were built in Antwerp and in Charleroi and its suburbs, but these are currently used by light rail vehicles, and their conversion to full metro is not envisaged at present due to lack of funds.
total:
145,850 km
paved:
117,701 km (including 1,682 km of expressways)
unpaved:
28,149 km (1998)
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)
crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural gas 3,300 km
| 2003 | unloaded | loaded | total |
| Total volume in tonnes | 77,596,356 | 65,278,156 | 142,874,512 |
| Container volume in TEU | 2,642,338 | 2,803,100 | 5,445,437 |
| Barge traffic in tonnes | 33,990,726 | 42,623,875 | 76,614,601 |
European Sea Ports Organisation ESPO
European Federation of Inland Ports FEPI
Inland Navigation Europe INE
2002 ranking of world ports by tonnage and by container volume (in TEU) Port ranking
total:
22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,075 GRT/57,347 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 7, chemical tanker 8, petroleum tanker 7 (1999 est.)
42 (1999 est.)
total:
24
over 3,047 m:
6, including Brussels International Airport.
2,438 to 3,047 m:
8
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
6 (1999 est.)
total:
18
914 to 1,523 m:
2
under 914 m:
16 (1999 est.)
1 (1999 est.)
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
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