Switzerland vs. France
Transportation
| Switzerland | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | 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) | total: 29,640 km (2014) standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 71,557 km (2017) paved: 71,557 km (includes 1,458 of expressways) (2017) | total: 1,053,215 km (2011) urban: 654,201 km (2011) non-urban: 399,014 km (2011) |
| Waterways | 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) | metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010) |
| Pipelines | 1,800 km gas, 94 km oil (of which 60 are inactive), 17 km refined products (2017) | 15322 km gas, 2939 km oil, 5084 km refined products (2013) |
| Ports and terminals | river port(s): Basel (Rhine) | major seaport(s): Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, container port(s) (TEUs): Le Havre (2,822,910) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne river port(s): Paris, Rouen (Seine) cruise/ferry port(s): Calais, Cherbourg, Le Havre Strasbourg (Rhine) Bordeaux (Garronne) |
| Merchant marine | total: 28 by type: bulk carrier 21, general cargo 3, oil tanker 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2020) | total: 545 by type: container ship 30, general cargo 50, oil tanker 28, other 437 (2020) note: includes Monaco |
| Airports | total: 63 (2013) | total: 464 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | 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) | total: 294 (2017) over 3,047 m: 14 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 97 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 83 (2017) under 914 m: 75 (2017) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 23 (2013) under 914 m: 23 (2013) | total: 170 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 64 (2013) under 914 m: 105 (2013) |
| Heliports | 2 (2013) | 1 (2013) |
| National air transport system | 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) | number of registered air carriers: 19 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 553 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 70,188,028 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4,443,790,000 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | HB | F |
Source: CIA Factbook
