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<title>
Austria: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Austria
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 5,749 km total; 5,652 km government owned and 97 km
privately owned (0.760-, 1.435- and 1.000-meter gauge); 5,394 km
1.435-meter standard gauge of which 3,154 km is electrified and
1,520 km is double tracked; 339 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge of
which 84 km is electrified
</p>
<p>Highways: 95,412 km total; 34,612 km 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)
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 446 km
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 554 km; natural gas 2,611 km; petroleum
products 171 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Vienna, Linz (Danube river ports)
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 154,159
GRT/256,765 DWT; includes 23 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 oil
tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 55</l>
<l> usable: 55</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 20</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 6</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 4</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: highly developed and efficient; 4,014,000
telephones; broadcast stations - 6 AM, 21 (545 repeaters) FM, 47
(870 repeaters) TV; satellite ground stations for Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT, Indian Ocean INTELSAT, and EUTELSAT systems
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