Transportation in Switzerland
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Railways
Main article: Rail transport in Switzerland
- total: 5'063 km
- standard gauge: 3'652 km 1.435-m gauge (3'641 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 1'383 km (1'353 km electrified), mostly 1.000-m gauge, some 0.800-m gauge and one line (Waldenburgerbahn, 13 km) 0.750-m gauge.
(Data 2004, Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications)
See also: SBB-CFF-FFS, List of railway companies#Europe, list of funiculars in Switzerland
Autobahns
- total: 71'059 km paved (including 1'638 km of expressways) (2002 est.)
See also: Swiss Alps for a list of mountain passes
Amongst two of the most important highways (in German: Autobahn) are the A1, running from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen through to Geneva in southwestern Switzerland, and the A2, running from Basel in northwestern Switzerland to Chiasso in southern Switzerland's canton of Ticino, on the border with Italy.
List
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Note: Portions in italics indicate routes under construction or projection.
- A1 St. Margrethen (Austrian border) - St. Gallen - Winterthur - Zürich - Aarau - Olten - Bern - Murten - Lausanne - Genève
- A2 Basel (German and French border) - Olten - Luzern - Altdorf UR - Gotthard - Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso (Italian border)
- A3 Augst - Brugg - Birmenstorf/Zürich - Thalwil - Pfäffikon - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans
- A4 Bargen (German border) - Schaffhausen - Winterthur/Zürich - Knonau - Cham - Brunnen - Altdorf
- A5 Luterbach - Solothurn - (Biel/Bienne - La Neuveville) - Neuchâtel - (Yverdon)
- A6 Lyss - Schönbühl/Bern - Thun - Wimmis
- A7 Kreuzlingen (German border) - Weinfelden - Frauenfeld - Winterthur
- A8 Hergiswil - Sarnen - (Sachseln - Brünig - Brienzwiler) - Interlaken - Spiez
- A9 Vallorbe (French border) - Chavonay / Villars-Ste-Croix - Vevey - Sion - Sierre - Visp - Brig - Simplon - Gondo (Italian border)
- A10 Muri bei Bern - Rüfenacht
- A11 Zürich - Zürich Airport
- A12 Bern - Fribourg - Bulle - Vevey
- A13 St. Margrethen (Austrian border) - Buchs SG - Sargans - Landquart - Chur - Thusis - San Bernardino - Bellinzona
- A14 Luzern - Cham
- A16 Boncourt (French border) - Porrentruy - Delémont - Moutier - Biel/Bienne ("Transjurane")
- A18 Basel - Reinach BL
- A19 Brig-Glis - Naters (bypass Brig)
- A20 Zürich North Ring
- A50 Rheinsfelden ZH - Glattfelden (bypass Glattfelden)
- A51 Bülach - Zürich Nord
- A52 Zumikon - Hinwil (Forchstrasse)
- A53 Kloten Nord - Reichenburg ("Zürcher Oberlandautobahn")
See also: European route for their numbers in that road numbering scheme.
See also: Category:Motorways in Switzerland
Waterways
- 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee)
- 12 navigable lakes
See also: List of lakes of Switzerland
Pipelines
crude oil 314 km; natural gas 1'506 km
Ports and harbors
Merchant marine
- total: 29 ships (1'000 GRT or over) 597'049 GRT/1'051'380 DWT
- note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: UK 6, US 1 (2002 est.)
- ships by type: bulk 16, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, specialized tanker 1
Airports
- 66 (2002)
- Airports - with paved runways
- total: 41
- over 3'047 m: 3
- 2'438 to 3'047 m: 5
- 1'524 to 2'437 m: 10
- 914 to 1'523 m: 9
- under 914 m: 14 (2002)
- Airports - with unpaved runways:
- total: 25
- 1'524 to 2'437 m: 1
- under 914 m: 24 (2002)
- Heliports: 1
See also
External links
- http://www.autobahnen.ch/ — A website with pictures, forum and routes of Swiss motorways