Austria Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 6,497 km total; 5.857 km government owned; 5,403 km 1.435-meter standard gauge of which 3,017 km electrified and 1,520 km double tracked, 454 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge of which 91 km electrified, 640 km privately owned 1 435- and 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 95,412 km total; 34,612 km are the classified network (including 1,012 km of autobahn, 10,400 km of federal, and 23,200 km of provincial roads); of this number, approximately 21,812 km are paved and 12,800 km are unpaved; add^:tionally, there are b0,800 km of communal roads (mostly gravel, crushed stone, earth)

Inland waterways- 427 km

Ocean

Ports: 2 major river (Vienna, Linz)

Pipelines- 554 km crudcoil; 2,611 km natural gas; 171 km refined products

Civil air: 25 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 56 total, 54 usable; 18 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: highly developed and efficient; extensive TV and radiobroadcast systems with 9 AM, 669 FM, and 988 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station; 3.47 million telephones (45.9 per 100 popl.)

NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.