Transport in Madagascar
Paved and unpaved roadways, as well as railways, provide the main forms of transport in Madagascar. Madagascar has approximately 31,640 km (19,660 mi)[1] of paved roads and 836 km of rail lines.[2] In 2010, Madagascar had 432 km (270 mi) of navigable waterways.[3]
Railways
In 2018, Madagascar reported 836 km of rail lines.[1] There are several rail lines and stations in Madagascar. Antananarivo is connected to Toamasina, Ambatondrazaka and Antsirabe by rail, and another rail line connects Fianarantsoa to Manakara. The northern railway (TCE) is concessioned to Madarail. The southern line, Fianarantsoa-Côte-Est railway (FCE), is a parastatal line.[citation needed]
Roads
The road network of
While most primary roads are in good condition, the World Food Programme has classified nearly two-thirds of the overall road network as being in poor condition. These conditions may make it dangerous to drive at moderate-to-high speeds and dahalo (bandit) attacks pose a threat at low speeds. Many roads are impassable during Madagascar's wet season; some bridges (often narrow, one-lane structures) are vulnerable to being swept away. Few rural Malagasy live near a road in good condition; poor road connectivity may pose challenges in health care, agriculture, and education.
Drivers in Madagascar travel on theWaterways
The relatively short rivers of Madagascar are typically of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of Lakandranon' Ampangalana (Canal des Pangalanes) are navigated by pirogue. Coastal inter-city transport routes are found along the west coast.[citation needed]
Madagascar has 600 km of waterways, 432 km of which are navigable.[1]
Ports and harbors
The most important seaport in Madagascar is located on the east coast at Toamasina. Ports at
Airports
The main international airport in Madagascar is
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "2.3 Madagascar Road Network - Logistics Capacity Assessment - Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments". dlca.logcluster.org. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "Rail lines (total route-km) - Madagascar | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ Bradt (2011), p. 2.
- ^ a b Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. (1994). "Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar". Archived from the original on 9 November 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "About QMM". Rio Tinto. 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ Madagascar International Container Terminal Services, About us Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Madagascar", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2021-11-05, retrieved 2021-11-13
- ^ "Air transport, passengers carried - Madagascar | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
References
- Bradt, Hilary (2011). Madagascar, 10th Ed.: The Bradt Travel Guide. London: Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-341-2.
External links
- Helicopter Antananarivo - Helicopter charter service in Antananarivo
- Madagascar Helicopter - Helicopter transfer service
- Report about Madarail and TCE (Tananarive-Côtes Est) by photojournalist Rijasolo