Luxembourg Transportation, Luxembourg Transportation
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Railways: Total: 274 km standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2004)
Highways: Total: 5,210 km paved: 5,210 km (including 126 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2002)
Waterways: 37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)
Pipelines: Gas 155 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Mertert
Merchant marine: Total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 652,454 GRT/805,101 DWT by type: chemical tanker 16, container 6, liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 40 (Belgium 12, Finland 3, France 8, Germany 10, Netherlands 4, United States 3) (2005)
Airports: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 1 (2004 est.)
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overr...