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Transportation in Switzerland

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Railways: total: 4,839 km standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)

Highways:

Waterways: 65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2008)

Pipelines: gas 1,662 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2008)

Ports and harbors:

Merchant marine: total: 35 by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, container 6, specialized tanker 1 registered in other countries: 106 (Antigua and Barbuda 8, Bahamas 1, France 3, Italy 8, Liberia 13, Malta 20, Marshall Islands 12, Panama 25, Portugal 2, Russia 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, Singapore 2, Tonga 1, UK 1, Vanuatu 1) (2008)

Airports: 66 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 43 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 17 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 23 under 914 m: 23 (2008)

Heliports: 2 (2007)