Communications (Italy)
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     Railroads:
         20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge
         (8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned - 2,100 km 1.435-meter
         standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge
         (380 km electrified)
     Highways:
         294,410 km total; autostrada (expressway) 5,900 km, state highways 45,170
         km, provincial highways 101,680 km, communal highways 141,660 km; 260,500 km
         paved, 26,900 km gravel and crushed stone, 7,010 km earth
     Inland waterways:
         2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited
         overall value
     Pipelines:
         crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
     Ports:
         Cagliari (Sardinia), Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Palermo (Sicily),
         Taranto, Trieste, Venice
     Merchant marine:
         546 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,004,462 GRT/10,265,132 DWT;
         includes 17 passenger, 39 short-sea passenger, 94 cargo, 4 refrigerated
         cargo, 24 container, 66 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 9 vehicle carrier, 1
         multifunction large-load carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 142 petroleum tanker,
         33 chemical tanker, 39 liquefied gas, 10 specialized tanker, 10 combination
         ore/oil, 55 bulk, 2 combination bulk
     Civil air:
         125 major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         137 total, 134 usable; 91 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways
         over 3,659 m; 36 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 39 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         modern, well-developed, fast; 25,600,000 telephones; fully automated
         telephone, telex, and data services; high-capacity cable and radio relay
         trunks; very good broadcast service by stations - 135 AM, 28 (1,840
         repeaters) FM, 83 (1,000 repeaters) TV; international service by 21
         submarine cables; 3 satellite earth stations operating in INTELSAT with 3
         Atlantic Ocean antennas and 2 Indian Ocean antennas; also participates in
         INMARSAT and EUTELSAT systems