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    Switzerland Transportation - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/switzerland/switzerland_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways: total: 4,511 km
      standard gauge: 3,483 km 1.435-m gauge (3,472 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 982 km 1.000-m gauge (975 km electrified); 46 km 0.800-m gauge (46 km electrified) (2002)


      Highways: total: 71,059 km (including 1,638 km of expressways)
      paved: 71,059 km
      unpaved: 0 km (1999)


      Waterways: 65 km
      note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes


      Pipelines: crude oil 314 km; natural gas 1,506 km


      Ports and harbors: Basel


      Merchant marine: total: 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 597,049 GRT/1,051,380 DWT
      note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: UK 6, US 1 (2002 est.)
      ships by type: bulk 16, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, specialized tanker 1


      Airports: 66 (2002)


      Airports - with paved runways: total: 41
      over 3,047 m: 3
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
      914 to 1,523 m: 9
      under 914 m: 14 (2002)
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 10


      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 25
      1524 to 2437 m: 1
      under 914 m: 24 (2002)


      Heliports: 1 (2002)

      NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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