Transport in Austria

Transport in Austria

This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria.

Railways

"total": 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)

"standard gauge:" 5,639 km 1.435-m gauge (3,429 km electrified).

"narrow gauge:" 484 km (13 km 0.600-m gauge, 468 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 0.600-m gauge).

The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.

U-Bahn

*Serfaus, where the system has allowed a complete ban on cars in the city. See Dorfbahn Serfaus
*Vienna: see Vienna U-Bahn

S-Bahn

*Graz
*Innsbruck
*Salzburg
*Vienna: see Vienna S-Bahn

Motorways

"total": 200,000 km (100% paved, including more than 2000 km of expressways)

* A1 (Westautobahn)
* A2 (Südautobahn)
* A3 (Südostautobahn)
* A4 (Ostautobahn)
* A5 (Nordautobahn, planned)
* A6 (Nordostautobahn)
* A7 (Mühlkreisautobahn)
* A8 (Innkreisautobahn)
* A9 (Pyhrnautobahn)
* A10 (Tauernautobahn)
* A11 (Karawankenautobahn)
* A12 (Inntalautobahn)
* A13 (Brennerautobahn)
* A14 (Rheintalautobahn)
* A21 (Wiener Außenringautobahn)
* A22 (Donauuferautobahn)
* A23 (Südosttangente)
* A24 (Verbindungsspange Rothneusiedel, planned)
* A25 (Welser Autobahn)
* A26 (Linzerautobahn, planned)

Waterways

358 km


= Pipelines=

crude oil: 777 km

natural gas 840 km

Ports and harbours

All ports access the Danube.
* Enns
* Krems
* Linz
* Vienna (via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands)

Merchant marine

Airports

Austria has 55 airports and one heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways and only one airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.

References

*factbook 2000


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