Transport in Austria
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This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria.
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[edit] Railways
total: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,639 km 1.435-m gauge (3,429 km electrified).
narrow gauge: 484 km (13 km 0.600-m gauge, 468 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 0.600-m gauge).
The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.
[edit] U-Bahn
- Serfaus, where the system has allowed a complete ban on cars in the city. See Dorfbahn Serfaus
- Vienna: see Vienna U-Bahn
[edit] S-Bahn
- Graz
- Innsbruck
- Salzburg
- Vienna: see Vienna S-Bahn
[edit] Motorways
total: 200,000 km (100% paved, including more than 2000 km of expressways)
- A1 (Westautobahn)
- A2 (Südautobahn)
- A3 (Südostautobahn)
- A4 (Ostautobahn)
- A5 (Nordautobahn, planned)
- A6 (Nordostautobahn, under construction)
- A7 (Mühlkreisautobahn)
- A8 (Innkreisautobahn)
- A9 (Pyhrnautobahn)
- A10 (Tauernautobahn)
- A11 (Karawankenautobahn)
- A12 (Inntalautobahn)
- A13 (Brennerautobahn)
- A14 (Rheintalautobahn)
- A21 (Wiener Außenringautobahn)
- A22 (Donauuferautobahn)
- A23 (Südosttangente)
- A24 (Verbindungsspange Rothneusiedel, planned)
- A25 (Welser Autobahn)
- A26 (Linzerautobahn, planned)
[edit] Waterways
358 km
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil: 777 km
natural gas 840 km
[edit] Ports and harbours
All ports access the Danube.
- Enns
- Krems
- Linz
- Vienna (via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands)
[edit] Merchant marine
 Statistics for the Shipping Industry of Austria |
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| Total: 8 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) | |||||
| Totalling: 34,072 GRT/44,437 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) | |||||
| Cargo ships | |||||
| Cargo ship | 6 | ||||
| Container ships | 2 | ||||
| Tanker ships | |||||
| Passenger ships | |||||
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| Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. | |||||
[edit] Airports
Austria has 55 airports and one heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways and only one airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.
| Length (meters) | Length (feet) | Total No. Airports | Paved (No. Airports) | Unpaved (No. Airports) |
| over 3,043 | over 10,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2,438 to 3,043 | 8,000 to 10,000 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1,524 to 2,438 | 5,000 to 8,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 914 to 1,524 | 3,000 to 5,000 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| under 914 | under 3,000 | 41 | 12 | 29 |
| totals | totals | 55 | 22 | 33 |
[edit] References
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. 2000
