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Switzerland - Transportation

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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 1,831 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2006)

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: 71,297 km
paved: 71,297 km (includes 1,728 of expressways) (2004)

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

Merchant marine:
total: 32 ships (1000 GRT or over) 577,765 GRT/918,974 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 8, chemical tanker 4, container 6, specialized tanker 1
registered in other countries: 121 (Antigua and Barbuda 5, Bahamas 2, Cyprus 3, France 3, Indonesia 3, Italy 5, Liberia 11, Malta 22, Marshall Islands 14, Panama 26, Paraguay 1, Portugal 2, Russia 6, Singapore 2, St Vincent and The Grenadines 12, Tonga 1, UK 1, Vanuatu 2) (2007)

Ports and terminals: Basel

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.

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