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Transportation:
Airports: 65 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 42
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 16 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 23
Under 914 m: 23 (2007)

Heliports: 2 (2007)

Pipelines: gas 1,662 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)

Roadways:
total: 71,298 km
paved: 71,298 km (includes 1,758 of expressways) (2006)

Waterways: 65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2008)

Merchant marine:
total: 35
by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, container 6, specialized tanker 1
registered in other countries: 106 (Antigua and Barbuda 8, Bahamas 1, France 3, Italy 8, Liberia 13, Malta 20, Marshall Islands 12, Panama 25, Portugal 2, Russia 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, Singapore 2, Tonga 1, UK 1, Vanuatu 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals: Basel

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook April 2009.

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