15-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Length of Transport Routes                   (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	7.30	7.44	7.54	7.71	7.80
Highways	180.98	187.07	334.52	345.70	358.37
Expressway	2.97	3.43	4.10	4.53	5.39
Navigable Inland Waterways	12.40	12.33	12.33	12.34	12.35
Total Civil Aviation Routes	174.95	204.94	199.85	211.35	234.30
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	3.26	3.82	4.40	4.81	5.45
Total Passenger Traffic                  (10 000 persons)	1587497	1767453	1847018	2024157.641	2227761.211
Railways	97260	111764	115583	125656	135670
Highways	1464335	1624526	1697381	1860487	2050680
Waterways	17142	19040	20227	22047	22835
Civil Aviation	8759	12123	13827	15968	18576
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)	13810.5	16309.1	17466.7	19197.2	21592.6
Railways	4788.6	5712.2	6062.0	6622.1	7216.3
Highways	7695.6	8748.4	9292.1	10130.8	11506.8
Waterways	63.1	66.3	67.8	73.6	77.8
Civil Aviation	1263.2	1782.3	2044.9	2370.7	2791.7
Total Freight Traffic                           (10 000 tons)	1564492	1706412	1862066	2037060	2275822
Railways	224248	249017	269296	288224	314237
Highways	1159957	1244990	1341778	1466347	1639432
Waterways	158070	187394	219648	248703	281199
Civil Aviation	219.0	276.7	306.7	349.4	401.8
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	21997	24734	31037	33436	40552
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km)	53859	69445	80258	88840	101419
Railways	17247	19289	20726	21954	23797
Highways	7099	7841	8693	9754	11355
Waterways	28716	41429	49672	55486	64285
Civil Aviation	57.9	71.8	78.9	94.3	116.4
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	739	815	1088	1551	1866
Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles   (10 000 units)	2382.93	2693.71	3159.66	3697.35	4358.36
Private Vehicles	1219.23	1481.66	1848.07	2333.32	2876.22
Possession of Other Motor Vehicles (10 000 units)	7108.90	7785.69	8595.42	8797.67	9434.03
Possession of Civil Transport Vessels            (unit)	204270	210700	207294	194360	191771
Motor Vessels	163813	166854	165900	157805	157544
Barges	40457	43846	41394	36555	34227
Possession of Private Transport Vessels	114297	115503	95838	70292	70017
Motor Vessels	97837	91188	83380	62839	62228
Barges	16460	24315	12458	7453	7789
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports	201126	246074	292777	342191	388200
(10 000 tons)
a) Length of highways include the village road since 2005, the data are not comparable with the previous years. The same applies to the following tables.