<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Netherlands<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 2,828 km 1.435-meter standard gauge operated by Netherlands Railways (NS) (includes 1,957 km electrified and 1,800 km double track)
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 104,590 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 92,525 km (including 2,185 km of expressway)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone 12,065 km (1990)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacity or larger
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> highly developed, well maintained, and integrated; extensive redundant system of multiconductor cables, supplemented by microwave radio relay microwave links; 9,418,000 telephones; broadcast stations—3 (3 relays) AM, 12 (39 repeaters) FM, 8 (7 repeaters) TV; 5 submarine cables; 1 communication satellite earth station operating in INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean antenna) and EUTELSAT systems; nationwide mobile phone system