Switzerland Transportation:
Railways:
total: 4,527 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 3,232 km 1.435-m gauge (3,211 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,285 km 1.000-m gauge (1,273 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 71,212 km (2002 est.)
paved: 71,212 km (including 1,706 of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km
Waterways:
65 km (2003 est.)
note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes
Pipelines:
gas: 1,831 km
oil: 94 km
refined products: 7 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Basel
Merchant marine:
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 604,843 GRT / 1,050,914 DWT
by type: bulk 12, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 3
foreign-owned: 6 (United Kingdom 6)
registered in other countries: 291
(2005)
note: Includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: UK 6, US 1
Airports:
65 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 42
over 3047m: 3
2438 to 3047m: 5
914 to 1523m: 8
under 914m: 16
1524 to 2437m: 10
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 23
under 914m: 23
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)
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