Railroads: 20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 298,000 km
paved: 270,000 km (including nearly 7,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 23,000 km; earth 5,000 km

Inland waterways: 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
Pipelines: crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km

Ports: Cagliari (Sardinia), Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Palermo (Sicily), Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Merchant marine: 474 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,055,779 GRT/8,924,779 DWT, bulk 50, cargo 72, chemical tanker 34, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 5, container 20, liquefied gas 39, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 129, passenger 8, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 62, short-sea passenger 34, specialized tanker 10, vehicle carrier 7

Airports:
total: 137
usable: 132
with permanent-surface runways: 92
with runways over 3,659 m: 2
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 36
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 39

NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.