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Europe > Switzerland > Transportation

SWISS TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 9,662,619 Time series [33rd of 164]
Aircraft departures 284,900 [15th of 155]
Airports 65 Time series [80th of 247]
Cars 486 per 1,000 people [4th of 18]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 2 Time series [55th of 99]
Highways > Paved 71,011 km Time series [16th of 113]
Highways > Total 71,011 km Time series [24th of 118]
Pipelines
gas 1,781 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km
Ports and harbors Basel Time series
Ports and terminals Basel Time series
Railways > Total 4,839 km Time series [35th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 15,000 million ton-km Time series [14th of 52]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 96,845 million passenger-km Time series [7th of 33]
Roads, total network > km 71,214 km Time series [30th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 71,298 km Time series [18th of 81]
Roadways > Total 71,298 km Time series [28th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Vehicle abundance 96.52 per square km [10th of 141]
Waterways 65 km Time series [31st of 165]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World standards on users.pandora.be; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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