Transport in Guadeloupe

Railways

Industrial railways, according to the catalogue of the Paris Colonial Exposition, 1931
Industrial railways, i.e. privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines, 1931[1]
Sugar MillRouteLength
DarboussierFrom Pointe-à-Pitre to Abymes19 km (11.8 mi)
Société Marseillaise de SucrerieFrom Morne-à-L'eau to Blanchet and Le Moule15 km (9.3 mi)
BeauportFrom Petit-Canal to Anse Bertrand20 km (12.4 mi)
DuvalFrom the sugar mill to Bellevue10 km (6.2 mi)
GardelFrom Le Moule to Gentilly8 km (5.0 mi)
CourcellesFrom Sainte Anne to Courcelles17 km (10.6 mi)
Sainte-MartheFrom the port to the sugar mill3 km (1.9 mi)
La RetraiteFrom Jarry to the sugar mill12 km (7.5 mi)
MarquisatFrom Capesterre-Belle-Eau to Goyave12 km (7.5 mi)
Bonne-MèreFrom the sugar mill to Sainte Rose6 km (3.7 mi)
Total (excluding Marie-Galante)122 km (75.8 mi)

Highways


total: 2,082 km
paved: 1,742 km
unpaved: 340 km (1985 est.)
note: in 1996 there were a total of 3,200 km of roads

Water transport

Seaports and harbours

Basse-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre (on Grande-Terre).

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,240 GT/109 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: passenger 1 (1999 est.)

Air transport

Airports

9 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways


total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 5 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Flights booking


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References

  1. Marie-Christine Touchelay: La Guadeloupe, une île entreprise, des années 1930 aux années 1960 : les entrepreneurs, le territoire, l’État. Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. Français. ffNNT : 2017USPCD009ff. fftel-01772298f. Page 143.
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