Transport in Slovakia

=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)

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

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

* Bratislava, Komárno

Merchant marine

* "total:" 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,819 GRT/DWT|309,049|metric|first=yes
* "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)

ee also

Slovakia

References

External links

* [http://www.highways.sk/indexE.html Highways in Slovakia]


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