8.01 Transport, Storage and Communications: Main Indicators

Description Unit 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98
Railway Locomotive:
Broad gauge Nos. 71 68 68 68 68
Meter gauge Nos. 204 211 204 216 207
Total Nos. 275 279 272 284 275

Coaches
Broad gauge Nos. 323 318 266 266 263
Metre gauge Nos. 1036 1005 1011 983 1001
Total Nos. 1359 1323 1249 1249 1264
Freight Wagons:
Broad gauge Nos. 4208 4129 3887 3562 3294
Metre gauge Nos. 13476 13369 13061 12355 11716
Total Nos. 17684 17498 16948 15917 15010
TrackKilometresOperated:
Broad gauge Nos. 1528 1528 1528 1528 1547
Metre gauge Nos. 2836 2836 2836 2836 2847
Total Nos. 4364 4364 4364 4364 4394
Station:
Broad gauge Nos. 152 152 152 152 152
Meter gauge Nos 337 337 337 337 325
Total Nos. 489 489 489 489 477
Passengers and goodcarried :
Passenger Million Nos. 45 40 33 38 38
Revenue per  passenger kilometer Paisa 22.81 22.61 25.35 26.29 28.61
Goods '000' M. tons 2469 2729 2551 2936 30.38
Revenue per ton Kilometre Paisa 130.0 137.1 140.5 123.6 138.8
Paved Roads:
High type Kilometre 9704 9842 11663 n.a n.a
Low type Kilometre 5965 6228 5891 n.a n.a
Total Kilometre 15669 16070 17554 n.a n.a
Organised road transport :
Bus '000'Nos. 23 23 24 25 26
Micro Bus '000' Nos. 5 6 8 9 10
Truck '000'Nos. 33 35 38 39 41
Motor  car/Taxi/Jeep '000'Nos. 48 51 56 61 65
Auto rickshaw '000'Nos. 38 47 57 65 69
Tractor/trailor/others '000'Nos. 6 7 7 8 10
Un-organised road transport :
Rickshaw(R) '000'Nos. 1064 1120 1181 1249 1321
Pushcart '000'Nos. 10 11 13 14 15
Bullock cart '000'Nos. 421 417 413 408 404
Organised water transport :
Bangladesh shipping Corporation (Vessels) Nos. 18 18 18 18 18
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (Vessels) Nos. 288 286 276 272 255
Private Vessels:
Cargo Nos. 1655 1705 1800 1859 1989
Passenger Nos. 1745 1759 1782 1806 1807
Total Nos. 3400 3464 3582 3665 3796
Un-organised water transport:
Country boat:
Cargo '000'Nos. 308 317 327 337 347
Passenger '000'Nos. 572 589 607 625 644
Total '000'Nos. 880 906 934 962 991
Air Transport: (Bangladesh Biman)
Fokker/ATP Nos. 4 4 5 6 6
DC-10 Nos. 5 5 5 4 4
Passengers carried '000'Nos. 1154 1251 1261 1244 1234
Goods carried ‘000’ MT 58 71 31 32 33
Communication:
Post Offices Nos. 8513 8923 8923 9093 9245
Telegraph Offices Nos. 704 763 763 1033 1033
Telephone Sets '000'Nos. 296 315 388 375 464
Radio Sets '000'Nos. 308 323 262 234 183
Television Sets '000'Nos. 549 613 565 572 576
Storage:
Food '000'M.ton 1861 1861 1861 1808 1810
BADC(fertilizer & seed) '000'M.ton 503 507 507 507 512
Jute '000'Sft. 320 320 320 320 320
Cold storage '000'M.ton 363 864 968 968 968
Chittagong Port Authority:
Godowns '000'M.Tons 359 359 359 359 359
Mongla Port Authority:
Transit sheds '000' Sq.ft. 112 112 112 112 112
Tourism:
Tourist arrivals '000'Nos. 140 156 166 182 172
Total earnings Million Taka 759 955 1401 2741 2455
             
Note: Compiled by BBS            
Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics