Railroads: 27,245 km total; 24,333 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 397 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 2,515 km narrow gauge; 8,986 km double track; 10,000 km electrified; government owned (1986)

Highways: 299,887 km total; 130,000 km improved hard surface (concrete, asphalt, stone block); 24,000 km unimproved hard surface (crushed stone, gravel); 100,000 km earth; 45,887 km other urban roads (1985)

Inland waterways: 3,989 km navigable rivers and canals (1985)

Pipelines: 4,500 km for natural gas; 1,986 km for crude oil; 360 km for refined products (1987)

Ports: Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie; principal inland ports are Gliwice on Kanal Gliwice, Wroclaw on the Oder, and Warsaw on the Vistula

Merchant marine: 240 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,996,876 GRT/4,225,943 DWT; includes 5 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo/training, 96 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 15 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 8 container, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 105 bulk

Civil air: 42 major transport aircraft

Airports: 140 total, 140 usable; 80 with permanent-surface runways; fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m; fewer than 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; fewer than 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: stations--30 AM, 28 FM, 41 TV; 4 Soviet TV relays; 9,691,075 TV sets; 9,290,000 radio receivers; at least 1 satellite ground station

NOTE: The information regarding Poland 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 Poland Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Poland Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.