Railroads: Belgian National Railways (SNCB) operates 3,667 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, government owned; 2,563 km double track; 1,978 km electrified; 191 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned and operated

Highways: 103,396 km total; 1,317 km limited access, divided autoroute; 11,717 km national highway; 1,362 km provincial road; about 38,000 km other paved and 51,000 km unpaved rural

Inland waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

Ports: Antwerp, Brugge, Gent, Oostende, Zeebrugge, 1 secondary, and 1 minor maritime; 11 inland

Merchant marine: 72 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,922,873 GRT/3,180,240 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 1 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 container, 7 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 9 chemical tanker, 20 bulk

Pipelines: refined products 1,167 km; crude 161 km; natural gas 3,300 km

Civil air: 47 major transport aircraft

Airports: 42 total, 42 usable; 24 with permanent-surface runways; 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities; 4,560,000 telephones; stations--6 AM, 9 FM (41 relays), 22 TV (10 relays); 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations operating in INTELSAT 3 Atlantic Ocean and EUTELSAT systems

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.