15-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Length of Transport Routes                   (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	7.44	7.54	7.71	7.80	7.97
Highways	187.07	334.52	345.70	358.37	373.02
Expressway	3.43	4.10	4.53	5.39	6.03
Navigable Inland Waterways	12.33	12.33	12.34	12.35	12.28
Total Civil Aviation Routes	204.94	199.85	211.35	234.30	246.18
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	3.82	4.40	4.81	5.45	5.83
Total Passenger Traffic                  (10 000 persons)	1767453	1847018	2024157.641	2227761.211	2867891.964
Railways	111764	115583	125656	135670	146193
Highways	1624526	1697381	1860487	2050680	2682114
Waterways	19040	20227	22047	22835	20334
Civil Aviation	12123	13827	15968	18576	19251
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)	16309.1	17466.7	19197.2	21592.6	23196.7
Railways	5712.2	6062.0	6622.1	7216.3	7778.6
Highways	8748.4	9292.1	10130.8	11506.8	12476.1
Waterways	66.3	67.8	73.6	77.8	59.2
Civil Aviation	1782.3	2044.9	2370.7	2791.7	2882.8
Total Freight Traffic                           (10 000 tons)	1706412	1862066	2037060	2275822	2587413
Railways	249017	269296	288224	314237	330354
Highways	1244990	1341778	1466347	1639432	1916759
Waterways	187394	219648	248703	281199	294510
Civil Aviation	276.7	306.7	349.4	401.8	407.6
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	24734	31037	33436	40552	45382
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km)	69445	80258	88840	101419	110301
Railways	19289	20726	21954	23797	25106
Highways	7841	8693	9754	11355	32868
Waterways	41429	49672	55486	64285	50263
Civil Aviation	71.8	78.9	94.3	116.4	119.6
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	815	1088	1551	1866	1944
Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles   (10 000 units)	2693.71	3159.66	3697.35	4358.36	5099.61
Private Vehicles	1481.66	1848.07	2333.32	2876.22	3501.39
Possession of Other Motor Vehicles (10 000 units)	7785.69	8595.42	8797.67	9434.03	9756.92
Possession of Civil Transport Vessels            (unit)	210700	207294	194360	191771	184190
Motor Vessels	166854	165900	157805	157544	152247
Barges	43846	41394	36555	34227	31943
Possession of Private Transport Vessels	115503	95838	70292	70017	64552
Motor Vessels	91188	83380	62839	62228	57490
Barges	24315	12458	7453	7789	7062
Volume of Freight Handled in Coastal Ports above	246074	292777	342191	388200	429599
Designated Size                                 (10 000 tons)
a) Since 2004, inland waterways refers to navigable inland waterways. The same applies to the tables followings.
b) Length of highways include the village road since 2005.
c) In 2008, data on total passenger traffic and freight traffic of highway and waterways have changed. The same applies to the following tables.
d) Since 2004, main seaport has changed to seaport above designated size. Statistical coverage of seaport above designated size is coastal seaport with
capacity over 1 million tons yearly and inland port over 2 million tons, and seaport engage in foreign trade and load and unload of container. The
same applies to the tables followings.