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- Railroads: 6,028 km total; 5,388 km government owned and
- 640 km privately owned (1.435- and 1.000-meter gauge); 5,403
- km 1.435-meter standard gauge of which 3,051 km is electrified
- and 1,520 km is double tracked; 363 km 0.760-meter narrow
- gauge of which 91 km is electrified.
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- Highways: 95,412 km total; 34,612 are the primary network
- (including 1,012 km of autobahn, 10,400 km of federal, and
- 23,200 km of provincial roads); of this number, 21,812 km
- are paved and 12,800 km are unpaved; in addition, there
- are 60,800 km of communal roads (mostly gravel, crushed
- stone, earth).
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- Inland waterways: 446 km.
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- Ports: Vienna, Linz (river ports).
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- Merchant marine: 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 209,311
- GRT/366,401 DWT; includes 23 cargo, 1 container, 5 bulk.
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- Pipelines: 554 km crude oil; 2,611 km natural gas; 171 km
- refined products.
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- Civil air: 25 major transport aircraft.
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- Airports: 55 total, 54 usable; 19 with permanent-surface
- runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 5 with runways
- 2,440-3,659 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: highly developed and efficient; 4,014,000
- telephones; extensive TV and radiobroadcast systems; stations--
- 6 AM, 21 (544 repeaters) FM, 47 (867 repeaters) TV; satellite
- stations operating in INTELSAT 1 Atlantic Ocean earth station
- and 1 Indian Ocean earth station and EUTELSAT systems.
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