Transport in Bahrain

The widening of roads in the old districts of Manama and the development of a national network linking the capital to other settlements commenced as early as the arrival of the first car in 1914. Due to the continuous increase in the number of cars, a series of ring roads were constructed in Bahrain, notably Isa Al Kabeer Avenue in the 1930s, Exhibition Avenue in the 1960s and Al Fateh Highway in the 1980s. Multiple causeways stretching over , connect Manama with Muharraq Island, and the Sitra Causeway joins Sitra to the main island. A four-lane highway atop a causeway, linking Bahrain with the Saudi Arabian mainland via the island of Umm an-Nasan was completed in December, 1986, and financed by Saudi Arabia. Private vehicles and taxis are the primary means of transportation in the city. Bahrain changed from driving on the left to driving on the right in November 1967. as seen from space International highways • King Fahd Causeway, measuring connects Bahrain and Saudi Arabia through a multiple-dike bridge. • Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge, will be long, connecting Bahrain and Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world, consisting both roads and railway. == Railways ==

As of 2025, there were no railways in Bahrain, but plans were developing for a railway system connecting all the countries in the Persian Gulf and for a light rail network within Bahrain. A subway system has also been proposed. In August 2018, Al-Ayam reported that transportation officials in Bahrain were looking for "bids to fund a new metro railway system in the fourth quarter of 2019." There were plans for the rail to be international, connecting to local railway systems in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. According to Ehsan Bayat, Bahrain's system will contribute to the network. The project is to be completed in four phases over four years and cost $1–2 billion, as a joint venture between the public and private sector. It will be a railway system, and the first in Bahrain. It will be called the GCC Railway, linking all six Gulf States. Along with private funders, it will be funded by the Ministry of Transportation in KSA and King Fahad Causeway Authority. == Airports ==

Bahrain has four airports, all of which have paved runways. One airport is civil (Bahrain International Airport) and three are military (Isa Air Base, Sakhir Air Base, and Riffa Air Base). == Ports and harbors ==

Bahrain has five recognised harbors in Manama, Mina Salman, Sitrah, Muharraq, and the Khalifa bin Salman port in Hidd. The port of Mina Salman can accommodate 16 oceangoing vessels drawing up to . On 6 November 2025, Bahrain and Qatar launched a passenger ferry service connecting Sa'ada Marina on Muharraq island in Bahrain to the northern Qatari port of Al Ruwais. Operated by the Masar group, a subsidiary of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, the 70-minute route is expected to initially run twice a day before increasing services to three times a day. == Pipelines ==

Since 2014, Bahrain has sought to promote itself as an open register. As of 2020, there were 234 ships in Bahrain's merchant marine, of which 11 were general cargo ships, four were oil tankers, and 219 were other types of ships. == See also ==