Transport in Kuwait is represented by all modes of transport except rail. The main role in the country is played by road transport, including public buses. Kuwait has several ports on the Persian Gulf coast. There are seven airports, the largest and only civilian - Kuwait International Airport .
Content
- 1 Rail transport
- 2 Road transport
- 3 Water transport
- 4 Air transport
- 4.1 Air carriers
- 5 Pipeline transport
- 6 notes
Rail Transport
Kuwait does not have a railway infrastructure, but an increase in road traffic intensity has led to the emergence of several railway projects [1] . Kuwait should become one of the end stations of the Gulf Railway, 2,000 km of which will be connected by several Gulf countries [2] . Another promising project is the construction of four lines of the metro [3] . The total length of the metro will be 160 km with 69 stations [4] .
Road Transport
Kuwait has a high availability of cars: 1 car for 2.25 people [5] - which makes automobile transport the main one in the country. The total length of asphalt and dirt roads in 2010 was 6 608 km [6] . In the daytime, road traffic is difficult due to the number of vehicles, especially in Kuwait [7] .
Kuwait has one of the highest death rates from road traffic crashes. Each year, several hundred people die and thousands are injured [8] . In the first half of 2012, the number of fines issued for violation of traffic rules exceeded the number of registered vehicles [9] .
In the absence of rail transport, public transportation is provided almost entirely by bus routes. Since 1962, the state-owned Kuwait Public Transportation Company, whose buses serve local and foreign routes, has been operating [10] . The leading private bus company is CityBus, which serves about 20 routes across the country [11] . Another private bus company, Kuwait Gulf Link Public Transport Services, founded in 2006, serves several domestic and international routes [12] .
Water Transport
The main ports of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf [6] :
- Ash shaiba
- Al-shuweikh
- Kuwait
- Mina Abd Allah
- Mina Al Ahmadi
- Mina Saud
Kuwait's merchant fleet in 2010 totaled 34 ships (with a displacement of 1000 tons or more), including: 2 bulk carriers , 3 cattle trucks, 6 container ships , 4 liquid gas tankers, 19 oil tankers. 45 vessels owned by Kuwait are registered in other countries [6] .
Air Transport
As of 2013, Kuwait had seven airports, including four with concrete pavement. Also in the country there were 4 helicopter aerodromes. The only civilian and only international is Kuwait Airport [6] .
Air carriers
Kuwait's national air carrier is Kuwait Airways [13] . Kuwait's other airline is the Jazeera Airways low-cost airline.
Pipeline transportation
As of 2013, Kuwait had 261 km of gas pipelines, 540 km of oil pipelines and 57 km of pipelines for oil products [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Kuwait Metro System, Kuwait City, Kuwait . railway-technology.com. Date of treatment March 16, 2013.
- ↑ Single rail network to link Kuwait & Oman by 2017 .
- ↑ Kuwait finalising ambitious metro plans . Railway Gazette International (July 2008).
- ↑ Kuwait metro procurement to begin soon .
- ↑ TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ROAD CONDITIONS (inaccessible link) . Archived on August 29, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 The World Factbook - Kuwait www.cia.gov. Date of treatment November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Kuwait's traffic nightmare - MPW sees hurdles in executing projects unopened (link not available) . Archived December 9, 2012.
- ↑ Garcia, Ben. 31% jump in Kuwait road fatalities in 2011 (January 5, 2011).
- ↑ 227 killed in road accidents in six months .
- ↑ Public Transport Services (inaccessible link) . Archived on April 29, 2013.
- ↑ City Bus introduces WiFi service in bus . IndiansinKuwait.com. Date of treatment November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Public Transport Services . KGL. Date of treatment November 13, 2013. Archived February 2, 2011.
- ↑ Kuwait Airways .