16-5  Quality of Transport Routes
   
Item 1990 1995 2000 2010 2011
           
  Length of National Railways in Operation (km) 53378 54616 58656 66239 66050
      Double-Tracking Length                             (km) 13024 16909 21408 29684 29884
      Proportion                                                     (%) 24.4 31.0 36.5 44.8 45.2
      Automatic Blocking Length                        (km) 10370 12910 18318 37500 34175
  Length of Highways                                     (km) 1028348 1157009 1679848 4008229 4106387
      Expressway and Class I to IV Highways     (km) 741104 910754 1315931 3304709 3453590
      Proportion                                                    (%) 72.1 78.7 78.3 82.4 84.1
  Length of Navigable Inland Waterways    (km) 109192 110562 119325 124242 124612
      Standard Waterways                                   (km) 59575 64323 61367 62290 62648
      Proportion                                                    (%) 54.6 58.2 51.4 50.1 50.3