Category:Transport in Jamaica

From Jamaica Wiki

[[Transport in Jamaica]] consists of roadways, railways, ship and air transport.

The roadways form the island's transportation system backbone. The road network is comprised of almost 21,000 kilometers of roads. Almost all of the roads (about 15,000 kilometers) are paved. Currently the Government is developing a freeway network of roads that is meant to connect the main population centers of the island. So far 33 kilometers of the freeway are completed.

Railways used to be one of the most well developed and popular way of transportations. However nowadays they loose their positions as they are largely replaced by roadways as the primary means of transport. Jamaica has 272 kilometers of railway and only 57 kilometers are operational. The railway system is currently used by the industry to transport bauxite.

There are two international airports in Jamaica. Both have modern terminals, long runways, and navigational equipment. These two airports are Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and Sangster International Airport in the resort town of Montego Bay. There are also local airports at Tinson Pen (Kingston), Port Antonio, Ocho Rios, Mandeville, and Negril whixch are used for internal flights only.

The ship transport is also well developed in Jamaica. Since it is an island country, Jamaica receives high container traffic. The biggest container terminal is at the Port of Kingston. It has undergone large expansion in capacity to handle the growing traffic of imports and exports.