Transportation in the Czech Republic

Railways:
total: 9,435 km
standard gauge: 9,341 km 1.435-m standard gauge (2,946 km electrified at three voltages; 1,868 km double track)
narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m narrow gauge (1998)

• České dráhy (ČD) (English: Czech Railways) is the major Czech railway company.

• City with underground railway system: Prague (see the Prague Metro article)

• Cities with trams: Brno, České Budějovice , Liberec, Olomouc, Ostrava, Plzeň, Prague

Highways:
total: 127,693 km
paved: 127,693 km (including 498 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.)

Waterways: 677 km; the Elbe (Labe) is the principal river

Pipelines: natural gas 53,000 km (1998)

Ports and harbors: Děčín, Prague, Ústí nad Labem

Airports: 114 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 43
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 16 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 71
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 42 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)

See also : Czech Republic

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