Germany Federal Republic of Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 32,555 km total, 28,533 km 1.435-meter government owned, standard gauge, 12,491 km double track; 11,272 km electrified; 4,022 km nongovernment owned; 3,598 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; 214 km electrified, 424 km 1.000-meter gauge; 186 km electrified

Highways: 466,305 km total; 169,568 km classified, includes 6,435 km autobahn,

32,460 km national highways (Bundesstras-sen), 65,425 km state highways (Landesstras-sen), 65,248 km county roads(Kreisstrassen); 296,737 km of unclassified communal roads (Gemeindestrassen)

Inland waterways: 5,222 km, of which almost 70% usable by craft of 990-metric-ton capacity or larger

Pipelines, crude oil, 2,343 km; refined products, 3,389 km; natural gas, 95,414 km

Ports: 10 major, 11 minor

Civil air: 194 major transport aircraft

Mrfields: 477 total, 4 40 usable; 232 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways over 3,659 m, 33 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: highly developed modern telecommunication service to all parts of the country; fully adequate in all respects; 35.1 million telephones (57.1 per 100 popl.); 96 AM, 432 FM, and 5,995 TV stations; 6 submarine coaxial cables; 2 satellite stations with total of 8 antennas

NOTE: The information regarding Germany Federal Republic of 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 Germany Federal Republic of 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Germany Federal Republic of 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.