Short facts about transportation in Germany
| Railways: |
total: 40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double-
or multiple-tracked (1998)
note: since privatization in 1994,
Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in
addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies
which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total
tracks |
| Highways: |
total: 656,140 km
paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998
est.) |
| Waterways: |
7,500 km
note: major
rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between
the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999) |
| Pipelines: |
crude oil 2,500 km
(1998) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen,
Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel,
Luebeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock,
Stuttgart |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 457 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,414,724 GRT/7,952,776
DWT
ships by type: cargo 169, chemical tanker 10, combination
ore/oil 1, container 243, liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 7,
railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 12, short-sea
passenger 7 (2000 est.) |
| Airports: |
613 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 322
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m:
55
1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
914 to 1,523 m:
63
under 914 m: 124 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 291
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m:
53
under 914 m: 225 (2000
est.) |
| Heliports: |
59 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
