Railways
total: 2,739 km
standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge; (1,991 km electrified) (1996)

Highways
total: 127,000 km
paved: 114,427 km (including 2,360 km of expressways)
unpaved: 12,573 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacity or larger

Pipelines crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km

Ports and harbors Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht

Merchant marine
total: 453 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,141,630 GRT/3,597,975 DWT
ships by type : bulk 2, cargo 269, chemical tanker 33, combination bulk 2, container 44, liquefied gas tanker 16, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 7, oil tanker 28, passenger 6, refrigerated cargo 28, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 3
note: many Dutch-owned ships are also operating under the registry of Netherlands Antilles (1997 est.)

Airports 28 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 19
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.