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

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Railways

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

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in E ...

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

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

:'' 507 km (23 km

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, 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.

U-Bahn

Serfaus Serfaus is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is well known as part of the ski-region "Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis", which was formed when Serfaus teamed up with the two nearby municipalities of Fiss and Ladis in ...

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

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

: see

Vienna U-Bahn The Vienna U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn Wien), where ''U-Bahn'' is an abbreviation of the German term ''Untergrundbahn'' ( en, underground railway), is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. With the September 2017 opening of the , five-stati ...

S-Bahn

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a p ...

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

*Vienna: see

Vienna S-Bahn The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban commuter rail network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways), and c ...

Motorways

''total'': 200,000 km (100% paved, including 1700 km of expressways) * A1 (Westautobahn) * A2 (Südautobahn) * A3 (Südostautobahn) * A4 (Ostautobahn) * A5 (Nordautobahn, planned) * A6 (Nordostautobahn) * A7 (Mühlkreisautobahn) * A8 (Innkreisautobahn) * A9 (Pyhrnautobahn) * A10 (Tauernautobahn) * A11 (Karawankenautobahn) * A12 (Inntalautobahn) * A13 (Brennerautobahn) * A14 (Rheintalautobahn) * A21 (Wiener Außenringautobahn) * A22 (Donauuferautobahn) * A23 (Südosttangente) * A24 (Verbindungsspange Rothneusiedel, planned) * A25 (Welser Autobahn) *

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(Linzerautobahn, planned)

Waterways

358 km, mainly along the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

Pipelines

*crude oil: 663 km (208) *gas: 2,721 km *refined products: 157 km

Ports and harbours

All ports access the

. * Enns * Krems *

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

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

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the Prov ...

in the Netherlands.

Merchant marine

Airports

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.

References

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