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 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge (3,429 km electrified).
narrow gauge: 507 km (23 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge, 13 km 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge, 468 km 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge).
The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.
See also
U-Bahn
- Serfaus, where the system has allowed a complete ban on cars in the village. 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 1700 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, mainly along the Danube
Pipelines
- crude oil: 663 km (208)
- gas: 2,721 km
- refined products: 157 km
Ports and harbours
All ports access the Danube.
All Austrian ports are via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal also connected to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Merchant marine
| Statistics for the shipping industry of Austria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 8 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) | |||||
| Totalling: 34,072 GRT/44,437 metric tons deadweight (DWT) | |||||
| Cargo ships | |||||
| Cargo ship | 6 | ||||
| Container ships | 2 | ||||
| Tankers | |||||
| Passenger ships | |||||
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| Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. | |||||
Airports
Austria has 55 airports and two heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways and only one airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.
| Length (meters) | Length (feet) | Total No. Airports | Paved (No. Airports) | Unpaved (No. Airports) |
| over 3,043 | over 10,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2,438 to 3,043 | 8,000 to 10,000 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1,524 to 2,438 | 5,000 to 8,000 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 914 to 1,524 | 3,000 to 5,000 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| under 914 | under 3,000 | 41 | 15 | 26 |
| totals | totals | 55 | 25 | 30 |
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2000 edition".