Railroads: 13,116 km total; 12,868 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 102 km 1.524-meter broad gauge, 146 km 0.750- and 0.760-meter narrow gauge; 2,854 km double track; 3,530 km electrified; government owned (1986)

Highways: 73,805 km total; including 489 km superhighway (1986)

Inland waterways: 475 km (1986); the Elbe (Labe) is the principal river

Pipelines: crude oil, 1,448 km; refined products, 1,500 km; natural gas, 8,000 km

Ports: maritime outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin), Yugoslavia (Rijeka, Koper), FRG (Hamburg), GDR (Rostock); principal river ports are Prague on the Vltava, Decin on the Elbe (Labe), Komarno on the Danube, Bratislava on the Danube

Merchant marine: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,247 GRT/223,532 DWT; includes 14 cargo, 4 bulk

Civil air: 40 major transport aircraft

Airports: 130 total, 130 usable; fewer than 40 with permanent-surface runways; fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m; fewer than 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; fewer than 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: stations--58 AM, 16 FM, 45 TV; 14 Soviet TV relays; 4,360,000 TV sets; 4,208,538 radio receivers; at least 1 satellite earth station

NOTE: The information regarding Czechoslovakia on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Czechoslovakia Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Czechoslovakia Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.