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    Switzerland Transportation - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/switzerland/switzerland_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 4,527 km
      standard gauge: 3,232 km 1.435-m gauge (3,211 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 1,285 km 1.000-m gauge (1,273 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2004)

      Highways:
      total: 71,212 km
      paved: 71,212 km (including 1,706 of expressways)
      unpaved: 0 km (2002)

      Waterways:
      65 km
      note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes (2003)

      Pipelines:
      gas 1,831 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:
      Basel

      Merchant marine:
      total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 604,843 GRT/1,050,914 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 3
      foreign-owned: 6 (United Kingdom 6)
      registered in other countries: 291 (2005)

      Airports:
      65 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 42
      over 3,047 m: 3
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
      914 to 1,523 m: 8
      under 914 m: 16 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 23
      under 914 m: 23 (2004 est.)

      Heliports:
      2 (2004 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland Transportation 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland Transportation 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.

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