Hungary Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 7,869 km total; 7,620 km 1 435 meter standard gauge, 214 km narrow gauge (mostly 0.760-meter), 35 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 1,119 km double track 1.807 km electrified, government owned (1983)

Highways: 29,684 km total; 25,922 km cw-crete, asphalt, stone block; 3,213 km asphalt treated, gravel, crushed stone, 549 km earth (1982)

Inland waterways: 1,622 km (1983)

Pipelines: crude oil, 1,160 km; natural gas 3,732 km (1984)

Freight carried: rail—124 million metric tons, 23.1 billion metric ton/km (1983); highway—235 million metric tons, 6.5 billion metric ton/km (1983); waterway—est. 3.2 million metric tons, 1.7 billion metric ton/km (public and private use) (1983)

River ports: 2 principal (Budapest, Dunaiijvaros); no maritime ports; outlets are Rostock, GDR; Gdansk, Gdynia, and Szczecin in Poland, and Galafi and Braila in Romania (1978)

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