Transport in Réunion#Railways

A system of highways that run between the main cities has been developed.

• Route national 1 (N1/RN1) connects Saint-Denis to Saint-Pierre, also connecting Le Port, Saint-Paul, La Saline Les Hauts and Saint-Louis. It has a length of 76 km.
• N2 connects Saint-Denis to Saint-Benoît, also connecting Saint-André. Its length is 34 km.
• N3 connects Saint-Pierre to Saint-Benoît, but the motorway only goes from Saint-Pierre to Le Tampon, with a length of 7 km.

There are two major ports in Réunion: Le Port and Pointe des Galets. There are six marinas. Réunion possesses a merchant marine of one ship with a weight exceeding 1,000 gt, which is a chemical tanker.

There are two airports on the island, of which both have paved runways. The main airport is the international Roland Garros Airport located close to Saint-Denis and the second one is the Aéroport de Pierrefond, located near Saint-Pierre in the south of the island.

There are no railways in Réunion, with the exception of a short tourist line, which was originally part of a larger rail network. A 42 km light rail project was cancelled in 2010, after a regional government change in 2010, mostly because the project was considered too expensive (€1.6 billion). The region's new president chose to fund a new coastal road instead.{{cite web|url=https://www.railjournal.com/news/runion-tram-train-in-jeopardy/|title=Réunion Tram-Train in jeopardy |website=International Railway Journal|date=23 April 2010 |access-date=15 March 2022}} In 2019 a new light rail system was proposed to link Le Barachois with the airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/consultation-begins-on-reunion-tram-project/|title=Consultation begins on Réunion tram project|website=International Railway Journal|date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}

Due to huge traffic congestion, channelled by the rough topography on the main coastal road, public authorities invested in a cable car transportation system, linking two districts of Saint-Denis : Le Chaudron to Bois de Nèfles, with three intermediate stops.{{cite web|url=https://habiter-la-reunion.re/telepherique-urbain-cinor/ |title=Papang, the first cable car in the Indian Ocean put into service in Reunion |website=Habiter la Réunion |date=April 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022}} Built by POMA, a leading French company in cable car systems,{{cite web|url=https://www.poma.net/en/news/the-construction-of-la-reunions-first-urban-cable-car-progresses/|title=The future urban cable car with an ocean view |website=POMA |date=2021 |access-date=15 March 2022}} it opened in March 2022. With 46 cabins, it is designed to transport up to 1200 persons per hour. This cable car is the first in the whole Indian Ocean.

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• [http://www.reunion.aeroport.fr/ Aéroport Roland Garros] (Main airport)
• [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/florent.boireau/cf/cfrun.html Images of tourist railway]

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