Transport in Austria explained

This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria.

Railways

total: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)

standard gauge

5,639 km gauge (3,429 km electrified).

narrow gauge

507 km (23 km gauge, 13 km gauge, 468 km gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km gauge).

The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.

See also

U-Bahn

see Serfaus U-Bahn, complete ban on cars in the village center

see Vienna U-Bahn

S-Bahn

Motorways

See main article: Autobahns of Austria.

total: 200,000 km (100% paved, including 1700 km of expressways)

Waterways

358 km, mainly along the Danube

Pipelines

Ports and harbours

All ports access the Danube.

All Austrian ports are via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal also connected to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Merchant marine

See also: Austrian Lloyd Ship Management and Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft.

Airports

See main article: List of airports in Austria. Austria has 55 airports and two heliport. Most airports in the country have short, unpaved runways. One airport has paved runways longer than 10,000 feet.

Numbers of airports having runways of particular lengths (2008)
Length (meters) Length (feet)Total No. AirportsPaved (No. Airports)Unpaved (No. Airports)
over 3,043 over 10,000110
2,438 to 3,043 8,000 to 10,000550
1,524 to 2,4385,000 to 8,000211
914 to 1,5243,000 to 5,000633
under 914under 3,000411526
totalstotals552530

See also: Austrian Airlines and List of airlines of Austria.

See also