Transportation in Norway

4,077 km, all standard gauge (1.435 m) (2,518 km electrified; 209 km double track) (2002)

Narvik is one of the most northern towns in the world with a railroad connection. It connects to Kiruna, Sweden, but not to Bodø, the northern end of the rest of the railroad network of Norway.

City with underground railway system: Oslo (T-banen, the "tunnel-track").
Cities with a tram system: Oslo, Trondheim

Highways:
total: 90,741 km
paved: 67,602 km (including 128 km of expressways)
unpaved: 23,139 km (1998 est.)

Waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; navigable by 2.4 m draft vessels maximum

Pipelines: refined petroleum products 53 km

Ports and harbors: Bergen, Drammen, Florø, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Sandnes, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim

Merchant marine:
total: 788 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,460,260 GRT/34,178,125 DWT
ships by type: bulk 100, cargo 142, chemical tanker 111, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 35, container 18, liquified gas 86, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 11, petroleum tanker 157, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off 48, short-sea passenger 22, vehicle carrier 37 (1999 est.)
note: The government has created an internal register, the Norwegian International Ship register[?] (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians (1998 est.)

Airports: 103 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 67
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 29 (1999 est.)

• Bergen Airport Flesland[?]
• Bodø Airport[?]
• Harstad/Narvik Airport Evenes[?]
• Kristiansund Airport Kvernberget[?]
• Molde Airport Årø
• Oslo Airport Gardermoen
• Sandefjord Airport Torp
• Stavanger Airport Sola
• Tromsø Airport Langnes[?]
• Trondheim Airport Værnes[?]
• Ålesund Airport Vigra[?]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 36
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 31 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)

• Stavanger Airport Sola

See also: Norway