Railways
total: 5,719 km (1,432 km double track)
standard gauge: 3,283 km 1.435-m gauge (99% electrified; 310 km nongovernment owned)
narrow gauge: 1,255 km 1.000-m gauge (99% electrified; 1,181 km nongovernment owned)
other gauge : 1,181 km NA-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 71,055 km (including 1,540 km of expressways)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1995 est.)

Waterways 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee); 12 navigablelakes

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

Ports and harbors Basel

Merchant marine
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 378,871 GRT/665,519 DWT
ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 1, chemical tanker 6, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-offcargo 1, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 67 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 66
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m : 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 40 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m : 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.