Transport infrastructure and vehicles

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The Swiss transport infrastructure encompasses 84 868 km of road (2023), 5317 km of railway track (2020) plus 14 national and regional airports (2022). It is used by a wide variety of vehicles. In 2022, almost 6.4 million motor vehicles travelled on the roads, 4.7 million of which were cars.

Key figures on transport infrastructure and vehicles

Infrastructure and network length
Rail network length	5 317 km	2020
Road network length	84 868 km	2023
of which motorways	1 549 km	2023
National and regional airports	14	2022
Vehicles
Tractive railway vehicles	3 426	2020
Stock of road motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	6 368 579	2022
Change	+39%	2000–2022
Passenger cars	4 721 280	2022
New registrations of passenger cars	229 403	2022
Aircraft1	3 134	2022
Private passenger vessels2	97 659	2022

1) Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, powered gliders, gliders, free balloons, airships
2) Motor, sailing, rowing boats etc. Sources: FSO – Public transport statistics (TP); FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS), Stock of road vehicles (MFZ); FSO, FEDRO, swisstopo – Road length (STL); FSO, FOCA – Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL); Swiss association of the registration offices – Number of vessels

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