| Railways: |
total:
40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)
note:
since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks
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| Highways: |
total:
656,140 km
paved:
650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)
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| Waterways: |
7,500 km
note:
major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999)
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| Pipelines: |
crude oil 2,500 km (1998)
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| Ports and harbors: |
Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Luebeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart
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| Merchant marine: |
total:
457 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,414,724 GRT/7,952,776 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 169, chemical tanker 10, combination ore/oil 1, container 243, liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 7, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 12, short-sea passenger 7 (2000 est.)
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| Airports: |
613 (2000 est.)
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| Airports - with paved runways: |
total:
322
over 3,047 m:
13
2,438 to 3,047 m:
55
1,524 to 2,437 m:
67
914 to 1,523 m:
63
under 914 m:
124 (2000 est.)
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| Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total:
291
over 3,047 m:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
6
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m:
53
under 914 m:
225 (2000 est.)
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| Heliports: |
59 (2000 est.)
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