Italy vs. Switzerland
Transportation
| Italy | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 20,182 km (2014) standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified) (2014) 1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) | total: 5,690 km (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015) standard gauge: 3,836 km 1.435-m gauge (3,634 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 1,630 km 1.200-m gauge (2 km electrified) (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015) 1188 km 1.000-m gauge (1,167.3 km electrified) 36 km 0.800-m gauge (36.4 km electrified) |
| Roadways | total: 487,700 km (2007) paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007) | total: 71,557 km (2017) paved: 71,557 km (includes 1,458 of expressways) (2017) |
| Waterways | 2,400 km (used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail) (2012) | 1,292 km (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) (2010) |
| Pipelines | 20223 km gas, 1393 km oil, 1574 km refined products (2013) | 1,800 km gas, 94 km oil (of which 60 are inactive), 17 km refined products (2017) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Taranto, Trieste, Venice oil terminal(s): Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal container port(s) (TEUs): Genoa (2,621,472), Gioia Tauro (2,523,000) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): La Spezia, Panigaglia, Porto Levante | river port(s): Basel (Rhine) |
| Merchant marine | total: 1,310 by type: bulk carrier 42, container ship 7, general cargo 114, oil tanker 107, other 1,040 (2020) | total: 28 by type: bulk carrier 21, general cargo 3, oil tanker 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2020) |
| Airports | total: 129 (2013) | total: 63 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 98 (2017) over 3,047 m: 9 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 31 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 29 (2017) under 914 m: 11 (2017) | total: 40 (2013) over 3,047 m: 3 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2013) under 914 m: 17 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 31 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2013) under 914 m: 20 (2013) | total: 23 (2013) under 914 m: 23 (2013) |
| Heliports | 5 (2013) | 2 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 180 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 27,630,435 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.418 billion mt-km (2018) | 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 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | I | HB |
Source: CIA Factbook
