Transportation in Switzerland

Transportation in Switzerland

Table of contents

1 Railways 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports

Railways

Main article: Swiss railroads

• total: 4'492 km (1,564 km double track)
• 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)

See also: SBB-CFF-FFS, List of railway companies#Europe

Highways

• total: 71'059 km paved (including 1'638 km of expressways) (2002 est.)

See also: Swiss Alps for a list of mountain passes

Waterways

• 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee)
• 12 navigable lakes

See also: List of lakes of Switzerland

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
    • Zurich International Airport
    • Geneva Cointrin International Airport
    • Basel-Mulhouse International Airport
  • 2'438 to 3'047 m: 5
  • 1'524 to 2'437 m: 10
  • 914 to 1'523 m: 9
  • under 914 m: 14 (2002)
• Airports - with unpaved runways:
  • total: 25
  • 1'524 to 2'437 m: 1
  • under 914 m: 24 (2002)
• Heliports: 1

See also : Switzerland