Germany/Transportation

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

Highways:

 total: 656,140 km
 paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways)
 unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)

Waterways: 7,500 km (1999); major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe?; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea

Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km (1998)

Ports and harbors: Berlin, Bonn, Brake?, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne?, Dresden?, Duisburg?, Emden?, Hamburg, Karlsruhe?, Kiel?, Lubeck, Magdeburg?, Mannheim?, Rostock?, Stuttgart

Merchant marine:
total: 475 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,395,990 GRT/8,014,132 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 181, chemical tanker 12, container 239, liquified gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 5, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, rail car carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 13, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)

Airports: 615 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

 total: 320
 over 3,047 m: 14
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 61
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
 914 to 1,523 m: 56
 under 914 m: 122 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

 total: 295
 over 3,047 m: 2
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
 914 to 1,523 m: 55
 under 914 m: 226 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 59 (1999 est.)