<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Poland<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 26,250 km total; 23,857 km 1.435-meter gauge, 397 km 1.520-meter gauge, 1,996 km narrow gauge; 8,987 km double track; 11,510 km electrified; government owned (1991)
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 360,629 km (excluding farm, factory and forest roads)
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 220,000 km (220 km of which are limited access expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> 140,629 km (1988)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 3,997 km navigable rivers and canals (1991)
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 1,986 km; petroleum products 360 km; natural gas 4,600 km (1992)
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie; principal inland ports are Gliwice on Kanal Gliwicki, Wrocaw on the Oder, and Warsaw on the Vistula
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip
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<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> severely underdeveloped and outmoded system; cable, open wire and microwave; phone density is 10.5 phones per 100 residents (October 1990); 3.6 million telephone subscribers; exchanges are 86% automatic (1991); broadcast stations—27 AM, 27 FM, 40 (5 Soviet repeaters) TV; 9.6 million TVs; 1 satellite earth station using INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, INMARSAT and Intersputnik