Transportation in Italy
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Railways
- total: 19,394 km, also on Sardinia and Sicily.
- standard gauge: 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Trenitalia SpA is the passenger and freight transport company of Ferrovie dello Stato.
Italian Railroad Stations (history) (http://members.aol.com/Zacarious1/his.italy.html)
Cities with subway railway systems:
- Milan 3 lines + 2 under construction (see also: Milan Transportation System)
- Rome 2 lines + 1 under construction
- Naples 2 lines + 1 under construction
- Genoa 1 line
- Palermo 1 line
- Catania 1 line
- Bari 3 lines under construction (light metro)
- Bergamo 2 lines under construction (light metro)
- Turin 1 line under construction
- Brescia 1 line under construction
- Bologna 1 line under construction
- Perugia 1 line under construction (light metro)
- Salerno 1 line under construction (light metro)
- Cagliari 1 line under construction (light metro)
Rail links with adjacent countries
- France - yes
- Switzerland - yes
- Austria - yes
- Slovenia - yes
- Tunisia - (2005) possible undersea rail tunnel from Sicily! (Today's Railways #113).
Highways
- total: 654,676 km
- paved: 654,676 km (including 6,957 km of expressways)
- unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.)
Waterways
- 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
City with almost all transport by boat: Venice (public transport by waterbus)
Pipelines
- crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
Ports and harbors
- Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres (Sardegna), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Merchant marine
- total: 427 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,971,578 GRT/9,635,770 DWT
- ships by type: bulk 41, cargo 45, chemical tanker 73, combination ore/oil 2, container 20, liquified gas 38, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 6, petroleum tanker 87, roll-on/roll-off 58, short-sea passenger 26, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 16 (1999 est.)
Airports
136 (1999 est.)
Hubs
Airports - with paved runways
- total: 97
- over 3,047 m: 5: Malpensa International Airport (Milan/Varese), Linate Airport (Milan), Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome), ...
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 33
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
- 914 to 1,523 m: 31
- under 914 m: 12 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 39
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
- 914 to 1,523 m: 19
- under 914 m: 18 (1999 est.)
Heliports
3 (1999 est.)