Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.