Transport in Madagascar

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In 2018, Madagascar reported 836 km of rail lines. 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|date=November 2021}}

{{see also|List of roads in Madagascar}}

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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|date=November 2021}}

Madagascar has 600 km of waterways, 432 km of which are navigable.

The most important seaport in Madagascar is located on the east coast at Toamasina. Ports at Toliara, Mahajanga, and Antsiranana are significantly less used because of their remoteness.{{cite web|editor-last = Metz |editor-first = Helen Chapin |editor-link = Helen Chapin Metz |year = 1994 |title = Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar |url=http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |access-date =1 February 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051109090930/http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 9 November 2005}} The island's newest port at Port d'Ehola, constructed in 2008 and privately managed by Rio Tinto, will come under state control upon completion of the company's mining project near Tôlanaro around 2038.{{cite web |title= About QMM |publisher= Rio Tinto |year= 2009 |access-date= 19 September 2012 |url= http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230732/http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture |url-status= live |archive-date = 13 February 2012}} The country's principal cargo port is Toamasina Autonomous Port.[http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm Madagascar International Container Terminal Services, About us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126125156/http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm |date=2009-01-26 }}

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{{seealso|List of airports in Madagascar}}

The main international airport in Madagascar is Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo. Air Madagascar services the island's many small regional airports, which offer the only practical means of access to many of the more remote regions during rainy season road washouts. There are 26 airports with paved runways and 57 airports with unpaved runways.{{Citation|title=Madagascar|date=2021-11-05|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/madagascar/#transportation|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=2021-11-13}} In 2018, Madagascar carried 544,458 air passengers.{{Cite web|title=Air transport, passengers carried - Madagascar {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR?locations=MG|access-date=2021-11-12|website=data.worldbank.org}}

• {{slink|List of airports by ICAO code: F#Madagascar}}

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• {{cite book |last = Bradt |first= Hilary |title=Madagascar, 10th Ed.: The Bradt Travel Guide |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84162-341-2 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uTRPnMlOcwgC}}

• [http://www.helicopterscharter.com Helicopter Antananarivo] - Helicopter charter service in Antananarivo
• [http://www.bushhouse-madagascar.com/aerial_video.html Madagascar Helicopter] - Helicopter transfer service
• [http://www.riva-press.com/det.php?id=10 Report about Madarail and TCE (Tananarive-Côtes Est)] by photojournalist Rijasolo

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