16-5  Quality of Transport Routes
 
           
Item 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005
           
  Length of National Railways in Operation (km) 53378 54616 58656 61015 62200
      Double-Tracking Length                             (km) 13024 16909 21408 23841 24497
      Proportion                                                     (%) 24.4 31.0 36.5 39.1 39.4
      Automatic Blocking Length                        (km) 10370 12910 18318 22724 24149
      Proportion                                                     (%) 19.4 23.6 31.2 37.2 38.8
  Length of Highways                                     (km) 1028348 1157009 1402698 1870661 1930543
      Expressway and Class I to IV Highways     (km) 741040 910754 1216013 1515826 1591791
      Proportion                                                    (%) 72.1 78.7 86.7 81.0 82.5
  Length of Navigable Inland Waterways    (km) 109192 110562 119325 123337 123263
      Standard Waterways                                   (km)   56587 61367 60842 61013
      Proportion                                                    (%)   51.2 51.4 49.3 49.5