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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Luxembourg: Communications
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Luxembourg
  6. Communications</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Railroads: Luxembourg National Railways (CFL) operates 272 km
  8. 1.435-meter standard gauge; 178 km double track; 178 km electrified
  9. </p>
  10. <p>Highways: 5,108 km total; 4,995 km paved, 57 km gravel, 56 km
  11. earth; about 80 km limited access divided highway
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Inland waterways: 37 km; Moselle River
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Pipelines: petroleum products 48 km
  16. </p>
  17. <p>Ports: Mertert (river port)
  18. </p>
  19. <p>Merchant marine: 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,570,466
  20. GRT/2,614,154 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 5 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off,
  21. 6 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 8 liquefied
  22. gas, 2 passenger, 8 bulk, 6 combination bulk, 4 refrigerated cargo
  23. </p>
  24. <list>
  25. <l>Airports:</l>
  26. <l>  total: 2</l>
  27. <l>  usable: 2</l>
  28. <l>  with permanent-surface runways: 1</l>
  29. <l>  with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
  30. <l>  with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0</l>
  31. <l>  with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1</l>
  32. </list>
  33. <p>Telecommunications: highly developed, completely automated and
  34. efficient system, mainly buried cables; 230,000 telephones; broadcast
  35. stations - 2 AM, 3 FM, 3 TV; 3 channels leased on TAT-6 coaxial
  36. submarine cable; 1 direct-broadcast satellite earth station;
  37. nationwide mobile phone system
  38. </p></body></article></text>
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