Editing Transport in Honduras

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[[File:Carretera37.jpg|thumb|300px|A highway in Honduras.]]
[[Image:ToncontinTerminal.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Toncontín Airport]], [[Tegucigalpa]].]]
[[File:Train LaCeiba2.JPG|thumb|300px|Passenger train in La Ceiba on January 11, 2005. Engineer tanks fuel manually from a barrel. Colorful passenger car (former box car without walls) is attached to the right.]]
'''Transport in Honduras''' refers to [[transport]] in [[Honduras]], a country in [[Central America]].

== Railways ==
{{main|Rail transport in Honduras}}
; Total<nowiki>:</nowiki> {{val|699|u=km}}
* [[Narrow-gauge railway|Narrow gauge]]: {{val|349|u=km}}
* {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge: {{val|246|u=km}}
* {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge

=== Railway links with adjacent countries ===
North to south:
* {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Transport in El Salvador|El Salvador]] — none
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Transport in Guatemala|Guatemala]] — none in use — [[break-of-gauge]] {{RailGauge|914mm}}/{{RailGauge|1067mm}} (?) [https://web.archive.org/web/20050706090220/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/central_america/honduras/get.htm]
* {{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Transport in Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] — none

== Highways ==
{{main|Highways in Honduras}}
; Totals
* Paved: {{val|3,367|u=km}}
* Unpaved: {{val|11,357|u=km}} (2012 est.)

Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:

* [[San Pedro Sula]] - [[Puerto Cortés]]. Length: {{val|56|u=km}}
* [[San Pedro Sula]] - [[El Progreso]]. Length: {{val|27|u=km}}
* [[San Pedro Sula]] - Villanueva. Length: {{val|24|u=km}}
* [[Tegucigalpa]] ring-road. Length: {{val|27|u=km}}
* [[Tegucigalpa]] - Támara. Length: {{val|23|u=km}}

== Waterways ==
{{val|465|u=km}} navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.

== Ports and harbors ==

=== Atlantic Ocean ===
* [[Puerto Cortés]], pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula
* [[Tela]], pop. 28,335 hab.
* [[La Ceiba]], pop. 114,584 hab.
* [[Puerto Castilla, Honduras|Puerto Castilla]], off Trujillo
* [[Roatan]], pop. 6,502 hab.

=== Pacific Ocean ===
*[[San Lorenzo, Valle|San Lorenzo]], pop. 21,043 hab.

=== Other ===
*[[Puerto Lempira]], pop. 4,102 hab.

== Merchant marine ==
; Total<nowiki>:</nowiki> 306 ships (1,000 [[Gross Tonnage|GT]] or over) totaling 848,150 GT/{{DWT|980,995|metric|disp=long}}

Ships by type (1999 est.):
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* [[Bulk carrier]]s: 26
* [[Cargo ship]]s: 187
* [[Chemical tanker]]s: 5
* [[Container ship]]s: 7
* Livestock carrier: 1
* [[Passenger ship]]s: 2
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* [[Passenger ship|Passenger/cargo ships]]: 4
* [[Petroleum tanker]]: 43
* [[Reefer (ship)|Refrigerated cargo ships]]: 15
* [[Roll-on/roll-off]]: 9
* [[Coastal trading vessel|Short-sea passenger ships]]: 5
* Vehicle carriers: 2 
|}

[[Flag of convenience|Flags of convenience]] (1998 est.):
* [[North Korea]] owns 1 ship
* [[Russia]], 6
* [[Singapore]]: 3
* [[Vietnam]]: 1

== Airports ==
{{main|List of airports in Honduras}}
; Total<nowiki>:</nowiki> 119 (1999 est.)
* Main international airports: [[Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport|San Pedro Sula]] and [[Comayagua International Airport|Comayagua]].
* Other international airports: [[Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport|Roatan]] and [[Golosón International Airport|La Ceiba]]

=== Airports with paved runways ===
; Total<nowiki>:</nowiki> 12
* {{val|2,438|to|3,047|u=m}}: 3
* {{val|1,524|to|2,437|u=m}}: 2
* {{val|914|to|1,523|u=m}}: 4
* Under {{val|914|u=m}}: 3 (1999 est.)

=== Airports with unpaved runways ===
; Total<nowiki>:</nowiki> 107
* {{val|1,524|to|2,437|u=m}}: 2
* {{val|914|to|1,523|u=m}}: 21
* Under {{val|84|u=m}}: 84 (1999 est.)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{CIA World Factbook}}

{{Honduras topics}}
{{Americas topic|Transport in}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Transport in Honduras}}

[[Category:Transport in Honduras| ]]