Railways
total: 4,406 km
standard gauge: 3,440 km 1.435-m gauge
dual gauge: 56 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (3 rail system)
note: Swiss railways are virtually all electrified (2001)
narrow gauge: 900 km 1.000-m gauge; 10 km 0.800-m gauge

Highways
total: 71,059 km (including 1,638 km of expressways)
paved: 71,059 km
unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Waterways 65 km
note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes

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

Ports and harbors Basel

Merchant marine
total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 509,943 GRT/896,309 DWT
ships by type: bulk 15, cargo 6, chemical tanker 4, petroleum tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience:, United Kingdom 6, United States 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 66 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 42
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 15 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 24
under 914 m: 24 (2001)

Heliports 1 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.