Norway Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 4,257 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; Norwegian State Railways (NSB) operates 4,242 km (2,443 km electrified and 94 km double track); 16 km privately owned and electrified

Highways: 78,116 km total; 17,699 km concrete and bitumen; 19,277 km bituminous treated; 41,140 km gravel, crushed stone, and earth

Inland waterways: 1,577 km; 1.5-2.4 m draft vessels maximum

Pipelines: refined products, 53 km

Ports: 9 major, 69 minor

Civil air: 62 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 96 total, 95 usable; 54 with permanent-surface runways; 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: high-quality domestic and international telephone, telegraph, and telex services; 2.39 million telephones (57.9 per 100 popl.); 8 AM, 843 FM, 1,744 TV stations; 4 coaxial submarine cables; 6 domestic satellite stations

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