The Swiss transport infrastructure includes 1840 km of national highways, 5200 km of railway tracks plus 14 national and regional airports. It is used by a wide variety of vehicles. In 2017, over 6 million motor vehicles travelled on the roads, 4.6 million of which were cars.
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At a glance
| Infrastructure and network length | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rail network length1 | 5,196 km | 2015 |
| National road network length | 1,840 km | 2016 |
| Change | +12% | 2000–2016 |
| National and regional airports | 14 | 2016 |
| Vehicles | ||
| Tractive railway vehicles | 3,238 | 2015 |
| Road motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 6,053,258 |
2017 |
| Change | +32% | 2000–2017 |
| Passenger cars | 4,570,823 | 2017 |
| New registrations of passenger cars | 315,032 |
2017 |
| Aircraft2 | 3,414 | 2016 |
| Private passenger vessels3 | 97,430 | 2017 |
2) Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, powered gliders, gliders, free balloons, airships
3) Motor, sailing, rowing boats etc. Sources: FSO – Public transport statistics (TP); FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS), Stock of road vehicles (MFZ), Road length; FSO, FOCA – Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL); Swiss association of the registration offices – Number of vessels
Further information
Contact
Federal Statistical Office Section MobilityEspace de l'Europe 10
CH-2010 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
- Tel.
- +41 58 463 64 68
Monday - Friday:
09.00 - 12.00 / 14.00 - 16.30