Transportation in Hungary
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Railways
- Total: 7,606 km
- Broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
- Standard gauge: 7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track)
- Narrow gauge: 176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)
Note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway between Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurt (GYSEV/ROeEE), a distance of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria.
City with underground railway system: Budapest (Metro)
Highways
- Total: 188,203 km
- Paved: 81,680 km (including 581 km of expressways, 2002)
- Unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.)
Waterways
1,373 km permanently navigable (1997)
Pipelines
- Crude oil 1,204 km
- Natural gas 4,387 km (1991)
Ports and harbors
Budapest, Dunaújváros
Merchant marine
- Total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,949 GRT/14,550 DWT
- Ships by type: cargo 2 (1999 est.)
Airports
43 (1999 est.)
Airports with paved runways:
- Total: 16
- Over 3,047 m: 2
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1
- Under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports with unpaved runways
- Total: 27
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
- 914 to 1,523 m: 12
- Under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.)
Heliports
5 (1999 est.)
Transport companies of cities
In the rest of the cities and towns local transport is provided by Volán companies that also provide intercity bus lines.