Transport in Slovakia
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Railways
- total: 3,662 km
- broad gauge: 100 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) gauge - used for freight transport only, see Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
- standard gauge: 3,512 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge (1,588 km electrified; 1,011 km double track)
- narrow gauge: 50 km (45 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge; 5 km of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge)
(2005)
Roads
- total: 42,993 km
- paved: 37,533 km (including 388,9 km of expressways)
- unpaved: 5,460 km
(2003)
Highways
- Motorways
- D1: Bratislava - Trnava - Trenčín - Považská Bystrica, Liptovský Mikuláš - Važec, Prešov - Košice - Záhor(SK/UA border)
- D2: Brno - Kúty (CZ/SK border) - Malacky - Bratislava - Jarovce (SK/H border)
- D3: Dolný Hričov - Žilina - Čadca - Skalité(SK/PL border)
- D4: Jarovce - (SK/A border)
- Expressways
- R1: Trnava - Nitra - Zvolen - Banská Bystrica
- R2: (SK/CZ border) - Trenčín - Prievidza - Zvolen - Rimavská Sobota - Košice
- R3: (SK/H border) - Zvolen - Martin - (SK/PL border)
- R4: (SK/H border) - Košice - Prešov - Svidník - (SK/PL border)
- R5: Svrčinovec - (SK/CZ border)
- R6: Beluša - Púchov - (SK/CZ border)
- R7: Bratislava - Nové Zámky - Krupina - Lučenec
Waterways
- 172 km on the Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships of nearly all sizes.
Pipelines
- petroleum products 416 km; natural gas 6,769 km
Ports and harbors
Merchant marine
- total: 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,819 GRT/309,049 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 36, chemical tanker 1
(2006)
Airports
See:List of airports in Slovakia
total: 36 (2006)
Airports with paved runways
total: 18
- over 3,047 m: 2
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
- 914 to 1,523 m: 3
- under 914 m: 8
(2006)
Airports with unpaved runways
total: 18
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
- 914 to 1,523 m: 9
- under 914 m: 8
(2006)
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.
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