Transportation in Sweden

From the CIA World Factbook 2001

Railways:
total: 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1998)
narrow gauge: 221 km 0.891-m gauge (2001)

City with underground railway system: Stockholm ("Tunnelbanan")

Highways:
total: 210,760 km
paved: 162,707 km (including 1,428 km of expressways)
unpaved: 48,053 km (1999)

Waterways: 2,052 km
note:navigable for small steamers and barges

Pipelines: natural gas 84 km

Ports and harbors: Gävle[?], Göteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn, Malmö, Sölvesborg[?], Stockholm, Sundsvall, Västerås

Merchant marine:
total: 167 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,205,370 GRT/1,663,091 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 31, combination ore/oil 4, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 29, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off 40, short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 17 (2000 est.)

Airports: 255 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: (Official figures. A great number of wartime airfields exists with various lengths)

total: 147
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 108
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 103 (2000 est.)

Heliports: 1 (2000 est.) (Every hospital, airport and military base has Helipads.)

See also Sweden