Transport in Martinique
Land transport
Road transport
As of 2000, Martinique had 2,105 km of paved highways.
There is a part of the N5 road that has been upgraded as a motorway, running from the capital Fort-de-France through Lamentin, Ducos and Rivière Salée until Les Coteaux.
Rail transport
Martininique has now(2018) only one railway line in operation: The little-known 2.5 km long Le Train des Plantations is a heritage railway that runs from the Rhum Museum in Sainte-Marie through some sugarcane and banana plantations over two Bailey bridges to the Banana Museum.
In former times several narrow gauge sugarcane railways existed. Saint-Pierre had horse-drawn trams, which had an unusally narrow gauge. At least two steam locomotives are preserved in an optically refurbished condition, but not operational.
Sea transport
There are harbours at Fort-de-France and La Trinité.
Air transport
It has three airports,[1] the main one being Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport. See List of Airports in Martinique.
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