Sweden Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 12,624 km (includes 953 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 11,767 km 1.435-m gauge (7,320 km electrified and 1,152 km double track)
other gauge: 857 km NA-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 136,233 km
paved: 103,537 km (including 1,231 km of expressways)
unpaved : 32,696 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges

Pipelines natural gas 84 km

Ports and harbors Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn,Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall

Merchant marine
total: 179 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,131,361 GRT/2,244,410 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 39, chemical tanker 27, combination ore/oil 1, liquefiedgas tanker 1, oil tanker 31, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-offcargo 43, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 13(1996 est.)

Airports 251 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 247
over 3,047 m : 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 84
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m : 127 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1996 est.)

Heliports 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden 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 Sweden Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.