Transport in Austria
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This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria.
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[edit] Railways
total: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,639 km 1.435-m gauge (3,429 km electrified).
narrow gauge: 484 km (13 km 0.600-m gauge, 468 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 0.600-m gauge).
The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.
[edit] U-Bahn
- Vienna: see the public transportation section of the Vienna city article
- Serfaus, where the system has allowed a complete ban on cars in the city
[edit] Motorways
total: 200,000 km (100% paved, including more than 2000 km of expressways)
- A1
- A2
- A3
- A4
- A5 to be planned
- A6 to be built
- A7
- A8
- A9
- A10
- A11
- A12
- A13
- A14
- A21
- A22
- A23
- A24 to be planned
- A25
- A26 to be planned
[edit] Waterways
358 km
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil: 777 km
natural gas 840 km
[edit] Ports and harbours
All ports access the Danube.
- Enns
- Krems
- Linz
- Vienna (via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands)
[edit] Merchant marine
total:20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 65,284 GRT/91,951 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 15, combination bulk 2, container 2 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
Austria has 55 airports and one heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways and only one airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.
Length (meters) | Length (feet) | Total No. Airports | Paved (No. Airports) | Unpaved (No. Airports) |
over 3,043 | over 10,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2,438 to 3,043 | 8,000 to 10,000 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
1,524 to 2,438 | 5,000 to 8,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
914 to 1,524 | 3,000 to 5,000 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
under 914 | under 3,000 | 41 | 12 | 29 |
totals | totals | 55 | 22 | 33 |
[edit] References
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. 2000
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