Switzerland Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 5,155 km total; 2,952 km government owned (SBB), 2,879 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 74 km 1.000-meter narrow gauge; 1,432 km double track, 99% electrified; 2,203 km nongovernment owned, 710 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1,418 km 1.000-meter gauge, 75 km 0.790-meter gauge, 100% electrified

Highways: 62,145 km total (all paved), of which 18,620 km are canton and 1,057 km are national highways (740 km autobahn);

42,468 km are communal roads

Pipelines: 314 km crude oil; 1,046 km natural gas

Inland waterways: 65 km; Rhine River— Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee; in addition, there are 12 navigable lakes

Ports: 1 major (Basel), 2 minor (all inland)

Civil air: 89 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 73 total, 71 usable; 42 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,6b0 m, 6 with runways 2,4 40-3,659 m, 16 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications excellent domestic, international and broadcast services; 5.11 million telephones (78.9 per 100 popl.); 6 AM. 250 FM, 1,253 TV stations; 1 satellite station with 3 Atlantic Ocean antennas

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