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Modes of transport in Gabon include rail, road, water, and air. The one rail link, the Trans-Gabon Railway, connects the port of Owendo with the inland town of Franceville. While most of the country is connected by roads, not all areas are accessible. Much of the road network remains unpaved, and it primarily revolves around seven "national routes" labeled N1 through N7. The largest seaports are Port-Gentil and the newer Owendo, and 1,600 km of inland waterways are navigable. There are three international airports, eight other paved airports, and over 40 with unpaved runways. Nearly 300 km of pipelines carry petroleum products, mainly crude oil.
Until the 1970s, Gabon had no permanent railroads, though temporary Decauville rail tracks were in use in the logging industry as early as 1913 (Gray and Ngolet, 1999, pp.102).[1]
In 2003, the railway began the process of installing a satellite based telecommunications system.[2] As of 2004, Gabon State Railways totalled 814 km of standard-gauge track.
total: 814 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA) standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)
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UN Map - shows line to Franceville
UNHCR map - does not show line to Franceville
TravelPortal map - shows major rivers
UNJLC Rail map of Southern Africa - does not show line to Franceville
total: 7,670 km paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,041 km (1996 est.)
Roads in Gabon link most areas of the country, and many of the main roads are of a reasonable standard. However, remoter areas along the coast and in the east are often not connected to the road network. Major roads are denoted national routes and numbered, with a prefix "N" (sometimes "RN"):
^Gray, Christopher; Ngolet, François (1999). "Lambaréné, Okoumé and the Transformation of Labor along the Middle Ogooué (Gabon), 1870-1945". The Journal of African History. 40 (1): 87–107. doi:10.1017/S0021853798007361. JSTOR 183396.
^. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
^. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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