Transportation in Germany
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Rail transport
Railways:
- total: 40,826 km, including
- at least 14,253 km electrified and
- 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the major German railway company. One of the branches is DB Regionalbahn Westfalen.
Since its privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are about 280 privately or locally owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks and use DB tracks in open access.
Rail links in adjacent countries
- Denmark - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/25kVAC
- Poland - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC
- Czech Republic - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC
- Austria - same gauge - same voltage
- Switzerland - same gauge - same voltage
- France - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/(25kVAC or 1500VDC).
- Luxembourg - same gauge
- The Netherlands - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/1500VDC
- Belgium - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/3000VDC
International passenger trains
- Amsterdam Centraal - Berlin Ostbahnhof:
- Amsterdam Centraal, North Holland, Netherlands
- Amersfoort, Utrecht (province), Netherlands
- Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Bad Bentheim, Bentheim, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Rheine, Steinfurt, Münster (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Osnabrück Hbf, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Bünde, Herford (district), Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Bad Oeynhausen, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Hanover Hbf, Hanover (region), Lower Saxony, Germany
- Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Stendal, Magdeburg (region), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Berlin Spandau
- Berlin Zoologischer Garten
- Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Amsterdam Centraal - Vienna Westbf:
- (see also Transportation in the Netherlands)
- Emmerich, Cleves, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Wesel
- Oberhausen Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Duisburg Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Düsseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Cologne Hbf, Cologne (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Nuremberg Hbf
- Regensburg Hbf
- Straubing
- Plattling
- Passau Hbf
- (see also Transportation in Austria)
- Copenhagen Hovedbanegarden - Hamburg Hauptbahnhof:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Roskilde, Denmark
- Ringsted, Denmark
- Naestved, Denmark
- Nykobing, Denmark
- Rodby, Denmark
- Puttgarden, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Oldenburg, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Neustadt, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Hamburg Hbf, Germany
- Astana/Moscow/St. Petersburg/Kharkiv - Berlin Lichtenberg (not all stations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine listed):
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- Saratov, Russia
- Minsk, Belarus
- Brest, Belarus
- Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland
- Warsaw Centralna, Poland
- Warsaw Zachodnia, Poland
- Kutno, Poland
- Konin, Poland
- Poznań, Poland
- Świebodzin, Poland
- Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
- Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany
- Berlin - Prague Holesovice:
- Berlin Ostbahnhof, Germany
- Elsterwerda, Brandenburg, Germany
- Meissen, Saxony, Germany
- Dresden Neustadt, Saxony, Germany
- Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Saxony, Germany
- Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany
- Decin, Czech Republic
- Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
- Prague Holesovice, Czech Republic
- Frankfurt am Main - Strasbourg/Basel:
- Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Hesse, Germany
- Mannheim Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Karlsruhe Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Strasbourg, France
- Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Basel Badischer Bahnhof, Switzerland
- Munich - Verona:
International freight trains
While Germany and most of contiguous Europe use Standard gauge (1435mm), differences in Signaling, Rules and Regulations, Electrification voltages, etc. tend to hamstrung freight operations across borders.
Metros
Cities with metro or light rail ("Stadtbahn") systems:
- Berlin (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn,)
- Bielefeld (Stadtbahn)
- Bonn (Stadtbahn)
- Bremen (Stadtbahn)
- Cologne (Stadtbahn)
- Düsseldorf (Stadtbahn)
- Frankfurt am Main (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
- Freiburg im Breisgau (Stadtbahn)
- Hamburg (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
- Hanover (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
- Karlsruhe (Stadtbahn)
- Munich (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
- Nuremberg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn)
- Ruhr Area (Stadtbahn)
- Stuttgart (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
Road transport
Highways:
- total: 656,140 km
- paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways (autobahns))
- unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)
See also
Water transport
Waterways: 7,500 km (1999); major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea
Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km (1998)
Ports and harbors: Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Oldenburg, Rostock, Stuttgart
Merchant marine:
total: 475 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,395,990 GRT/8,014,132 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 181, chemical tanker 12, container 239, liquified gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 5, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, rail car carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 13, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)
Air transport
Airports: 615 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
- total: 320
- over 3,047 m: 14
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 61
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
- 914 to 1,523 m: 56
- under 914 m: 122 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
- total: 295
- over 3,047 m: 2
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
- 914 to 1,523 m: 55
- under 914 m: 226 (1999 est.)
Heliports: 59 (1999 est.)