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- Railroads: 13,116 km total; 12,868 km 1.435-meter standard
- gauge, 102 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 146 km 0.750- and
- 0.760-meter narrow gauge; 2,854 km double track; 3,530 km
- electrified; government owned (1986).
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- Highways: 73,805 km total; including 489 km superhighway (1986).
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- Inland waterways: 475 km (1986); the Elbe (Labe) is the
- principal river.
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- Pipelines: crude oil, 1,448 km; refined products, 1,500 km;
- natural gas, 8,000 km.
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- Ports: maritime outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin),
- Yugoslavia (Rijeka, Koper), FRG (Hamburg), GDR (Rostock);
- principal river ports are Prague on the Vltava, Decin on
- the Elbe (Labe), Komarno on the Danube, Bratislava on the Danube.
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- Merchant marine: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 208,471
- GRT/ 308,072 DWT; includes 15 cargo, 6 bulk.
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- Civil air: 40 major transport aircraft.
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- Airports: 158 total, 158 usable; 40 with permanent-surface
- runways; 19 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 37 with runways
- 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: stations--58 AM, 16 FM, 45 TV; 14 Soviet
- TV relays; 4,360,000 TV sets; 4,208,538 radio receivers;
- at least 1 satellite earth station.
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