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World Factbook: European Union Transportation


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European Union Transportation:

Railways:
total: 222,293 km (2003 est.)
broad gauge: 28,438 km
standard gauge: 186,405 km
narrow gauge: 7,427 km
other gauge: 23 km

Highways:
total: 4,634,810 km (1999-2000 est.)
paved: 4,161,318 km
unpaved: 473,492 km

Waterways:
53,512 km

Ports and harbors:
Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Bremen (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Naples (Italy), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Riga (Latvia), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), Talinn (Estonia)

Airports:
3,130 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 1,834

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 1,296

Heliports:
94 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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