Railroads: 2,828 km 1.435-meter standard gauge operated by Netherlands Railways (NS) (includes 1,957 km electrified and 1,800 km double track)

Highways:
total: 104,590 km
paved: 92,525 km (including 2,185 km of expressway)
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 12,065 km (1990)

Inland waterways: 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacity or larger
Pipelines: crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km

Ports: coastal - Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Ijmuiden, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Terneuzen, Vlissingen; inland - 29 ports
Merchant marine: 324 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,507,112 GRT/3,208,838 DWT, bulk 3, cargo 180, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 3, container 32, liquefied gas 12, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 27, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 20, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2
note: many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the captive Netherlands Antilles register

Airports:
total: 28
usable: 28
with permanent-surface runways: 19
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 10
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 7

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands 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 Netherlands Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.