Transport in Austria

This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria.

Railways

total: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)

standard gauge: 5,639 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) gauge (3,429 km electrified).

narrow gauge: 507 km (23 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) gauge, 13 km 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge, 468 km 760 mm (2 ft 5 1516 in) gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge).

The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.

See also

U-Bahn

S-Bahn

Motorways

total: 200,000 km (100% paved, including 1700 km of expressways)

Waterways

358 km

Pipelines

Ports and harbours

All ports access the Danube.

Merchant marine

Statistics for the shipping industry of Austria
Total: 8 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over)
Totalling: 34,072 GRT/44,437 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Cargo ships
Cargo ship 6
Container ships 2
Tankers
Passenger ships
Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

Airports

Austria has 55 airports and two heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways and only one airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.

Numbers of airports having runways of particular lengths (2008)
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 2 1 1
914 to 1,524 3,000 to 5,000 6 3 3
under 914 under 3,000 41 15 26
totals totals 55 25 30

References

     This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2000 edition".

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