Transport in Slovakia

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Contents 1 Railways 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports with paved runways 7.2 Airports with unpaved runways 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Railways

See also: Railways of the Slovak Republic

• total: 3,662 km
• broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge - used for freight transport only, see Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
• standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1588 km electrified; 1,011 km double track)
• narrow gauge: 50 km (45 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge)

(2005)

[edit] Highways

• total: 42,993 km
• paved: 37,533 km (including 316 km of expressways)
• unpaved: 5,460 km

(2003)

• 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)
• Motorroads
  • 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

[edit] Waterways

• 172 km on the Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships of nearly all sizes.

[edit] Pipelines

• petroleum products 416 km; natural gas 6,769 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

• Bratislava, Komárno

[edit] Merchant marine

• total: 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,819 GRT/309,049 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
• ships by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 36, chemical tanker 1

(2006)

[edit] Airports

See:List of airports in Slovakia

total: 36 (2006)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Airports with unpaved runways

total: 18

• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
• 914 to 1,523 m: 9
• under 914 m: 8

(2006)

[edit] See also

Slovakia

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Highways in Slovakia

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