Transportation in Norway
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City with metro system: Oslo (T-banen, the "tunnel-track").
Cities with a tram system: Oslo, Trondheim
City with a funicular: Bergen
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Highways:
total:
90,741 km
paved:
67,602 km (including 128 km of expressways)
unpaved:
23,139 km (1998 est.)
Waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; navigable by 2.4 m draft vessels maximum
Pipelines: refined petroleum products 53 km
Ports and harbors: Arendal, Bergen, Bodø, Drammen, Flekkefjord, Fredrikstad, Florø, Grimstad, Halden, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Horten, Kragerø, Kristiansand, Kristiansund, Larvik, Mongstad, Moss, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Sandefjord, Sandnes, Skien, Sortland, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim, Tønsberg, Vadsø, Vardø, Ålesund
Merchant marine:
total:
788 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,460,260 GRT/34,178,125 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 100, cargo 142, chemical tanker 111, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 35, container 18, liquified gas 86, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 11, petroleum tanker 157, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off 48, short-sea passenger 22, vehicle carrier 37 (1999 est.)
note:
The government has created an internal register, the Norwegian International Ship register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians (1998 est.)
Airports: 103 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
67
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
12
1,524 to 2,437 m:
13
914 to 1,523 m:
12
under 914 m:
29 (1999 est.)
See List of Norwegian airports
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
36
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m:
31 (1999 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)
See also: Norway