Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Switzerland? Switzerland has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 1,292 km (2010) (there are 1,227 km of waterways on lakes and rivers for public transport and 65 km on the Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee for commercial goods transport). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is HB
Transportation in Switzerland
Number of Airports 62 (2024)
Heliports 51 (2024)
Pipelines 1,800 km gas, 94 km oil (of which 60 are inactive), 17 km refined products (2017)
Railways
Total 5,296 km (2020) 5,296 km electrified; Switzerland remains the only country with a fully electrified network
Roadways
Total 83,131 km (2022)
National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers 6 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 179
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 28,857,994 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 1,841,310,000 (2018) mt-km
Merchant marine
Total 17 (2023)
By type bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Liechtenstein)
All Important Facts about Switzerland

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Switzerland is found in Western Europe