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Communications
Railroads: 5,174 km total; 2,971 km are government owned
and 2,203 km are nongovernment owned; the government network
consists of 2,897 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 710 km
1.435-meter standard gauge, 1,418 km 1.000-meter gauge,
and 75 km 0.790-meter gauge track, 100% electrified.
Highways: 62,145 km total (all paved), of which 18,620 km are
canton and 1,057 km are national highways (740 km autobahn);
42,468 km are communal roads.
Pipelines: 314 km crude oil; 1,506 km natural gas.
Inland waterways: 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden,
Schaffhausen to Bodensee); 12 navigable lakes.
Ports: Basel (river port).
Merchant marine: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 215,851
GRT/365,131 DWT; includes 4 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo,
3 chemical tanker, 3 specialized liquid cargo, 8 bulk.
Civil air: 89 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 72 total, 70 usable; 42 with permanent-surface runways;
2 with runways over 3,659 m; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: excellent domestic, international, and
broadcast services; 5,808,000 telephones; stations--6 AM,
36 (400 relays) FM, 145 (1,250 relays) TV; communications
satellite earth stations operating in the INTELSAT (4 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and EUTELSAT systems.