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<text id=93CT1329>
<title>
Switzerland--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Switzerland
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 4,418 km total; 3,073 km are government owned and
1,345 km are nongovernment owned; the government network
consists of 2,999 km 1.435-meter standard gauge and 74 km
1.000-meter narrow gauge track; 1,432 km double track, 99%
electrified; the nongovernment network consists of 510 km
1.435-meter standard gauge, and 835 km 1.000-meter gauge, 100%
electrified
</p>
<p>Highways: 62,145 km total (all paved); 18,620 km are canton,
1,057 km are national highways (740 km autobahn), 42,468 km are
communal roads
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden,
Schaffhausen to Bodensee); 12 navigable lakes
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 314 km, natural gas 1,506 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Basel (river port)
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 308,725
GRT/548,244 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5
chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 8 bulk, 1 oil tanker
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 66</l>
<l> usable: 65</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 42</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 5</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 18</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: excellent domestic, international, and
broadcast services; 5,890,000 telephones; extensive cable and
microwave networks; broadcast stations - 7 AM, 265 FM, 18 (1,322
repeaters) TV; communications satellite earth station operating
in the INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean) system
</p></body></article></text>