Transport in Switzerland
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[edit] Railways
Main article: Rail transport in Switzerland
- total: 5'063 km
- standard gauge: 3'652 km 1.435-m gauge (3'641 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 1'383 km (1'353 km electrified), mostly 1.000-m gauge, some 0.800-m gauge and one line (Waldenburgerbahn, 13 km) 0.750-m gauge.
(Data 2004, Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications)
See also: SBB-CFF-FFS, List of Railway companies, list of funiculars in Switzerland
[edit] Roads
- total: 71'059 km paved (including 1'638 km of expressways) (2002 est.)
Switzerland also has a large, well-maintained network of two-lane national roads. These roads usually lack a median or central reservation. Yet, many stretches of them are controlled-access in that all traffic must enter and exit through ramps and must cross using grade separations.
See also: Swiss Alps for a list of mountain passes
[edit] Waterways
- 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee)
- 12 navigable lakes
See also: List of lakes of Switzerland
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil 314 km; natural gas 1'506 km
[edit] Ports and harbours
[edit] Merchant marine
- total: 29 ships (1'000 GRT or over) 597'049 GRT/1'051'380 DWT
- note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: UK 6, US 1 (2002 est.)
- ships by type: bulk 16, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, specialized tanker 1
[edit] Airports
- 66 (2002)
- Airports - with paved runways
- total: 41
- over 3'047 m: 4
- 2'438 to 3'047 m: 5
- 1'524 to 2'437 m: 10
- 914 to 1'523 m: 9
- under 914 m: 14 (2002)
- Airports - with unpaved runways:
- total: 25
- 1'524 to 2'437 m: 1
- under 914 m: 24 (2002)
- Heliports: 1
See also: Category:Airports in Switzerland
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://www.autobahnen.ch/ — A website with pictures, forum and routes of Swiss motorways
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