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to transport spacecraft. The road network is mainly concentrated in the coastal region. The interior of Guiana is accessed by plane or boat. There is one main airport, however there are several smaller airstrips in the interior.
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Since early 2010, an agreement was established between the General Council, responsible for organizing transport between the towns, and Taxi Co. The new public service became known as TIG (Long Distance Transport of Guyana).
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There are no other railways in French Guiana and none have existed for revenue passenger service, and there are no connections to neighbouring countries. Some maps - including some on Knowledge - depicting
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From 1880s to sometime after 1926 a steam narrow gauge railway was used for gold mines in Saint-Elie and two other lines were partially built and never used.
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As of 2018, there are 440 kilometres of national roads, 408 kilometres of departmental road, and 1,311 kilometres of municipal roads. There is no motorway.
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was built and completed in 2011, becoming the first land crossing ever between French Guiana and the rest of the world (there is a ferry crossing to
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and its suburbs. As of 2021, there are six urban bus lines. School transport is also handled by CACL.
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give the impression of railways existing in French Guyana due to conflating the existing railways in
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The CACL (Communauté d’Agglomération du Centre Littoral) provides bus service for the urban area of
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Two prison railways were built in the 1890s. One line connected Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni to
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consists of transport by road, boat, bus, and airplane. There is a railway line within the
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As of 2021, TIG provides nine bus lines to towns outside the urban area of Cayenne.
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Following a treaty between France and Brazil signed in July 2005, the
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with the lack of same in French Guyana, thus creating a
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Index

Transportation in French Guiana

Guiana Space Centre
Roads in French Guiana

Oyapock River Bridge
Oyapock River
Albina, Suriname
Macapá
Amapá

Guiana Space Centre
Road–rail vehicles
Saint-Jean-du-Maroni
Charvein
railway density
the metropole
statistical artifact

CASA/IPTN CN-235
Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport
Camopi Airport
Grand-Santi Airport
Maripasoula Airport
RĂ©gina Airport
Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock Airport
SaĂĽl Airport
Sinnamary Airport
Cayenne

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