Transportation in Germany - Definition and Overview

Rail transport

Railways:

• total: 40,826 km, including
• at least 14,253 km electrified and
• 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the major German railway company. One of the branches is DB Regionalbahn Westfalen.

Since its privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are about 280 privately or locally owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks and use DB tracks in open access.

International trains:

• Amsterdam Centraal - Berlin Ostbahnhof:
  • Amsterdam Centraal, North Holland, Netherlands
  • Amersfoort, Utrecht (province), Netherlands
  • Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
  • Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
  • Bad Bentheim, Bentheim, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Rheine, Steinfurt, Münster (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Osnabrück Hbf, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Bünde, Herford (district), Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Bad Oeynhausen, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Hanover Hbf, Hanover (region), Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Stendal, Magdeburg (region), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  • Berlin Spandau
  • Berlin Zoologischer Garten
  • Berlin Ostbahnhof
• Amsterdam Centraal - Vienna Westbf:
  • (see also Transportation in the Netherlands)
  • Emmerich, Cleves, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Wesel
  • Oberhausen Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Duisburg Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Düsseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Cologne Hbf, Cologne (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Nuremberg Hbf
  • Regensburg Hbf
  • Straubing
  • Plattling
  • Passau Hbf
  • (see also Transportation in Austria)
• Copenhagen Hovedbanegarden - Hamburg Hauptbahnhof:
  • Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Roskilde, Denmark
  • Ringsted, Denmark
  • Naestved, Denmark
  • Nykobing, Denmark
  • Rodby, Denmark
  • Puttgarden, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Oldenburg, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Neustadt, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Hamburg Hbf, Germany
• Astana/Moscow/St. Petersburg/Kharkiv - Berlin Lichtenberg (not all stations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine listed):
  • Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Saratov, Russia
  • Minsk, Belarus
    • Moscow Belorusskaya, Russia
    • Minsk, Belarus
  • Brest, Belarus
  • Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland
    • Kharkiv, Ukraine
    • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Yahodyn, Ukraine
    • Warsaw Wschodnia, Poland
  • Warsaw Centralna, Poland
  • Warsaw Zachodnia, Poland
  • Kutno, Poland
  • Konin, Poland
  • Poznań, Poland
  • Świebodzin, Poland
  • Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
  • Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany
• Berlin - Prague Holesovice:
  • Berlin Ostbahnhof, Germany
  • Elsterwerda, Brandenburg, Germany
  • Meissen, Saxony, Germany
  • Dresden Neustadt, Saxony, Germany
  • Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Saxony, Germany
  • Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany
  • Decin, Czech Republic
  • Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
  • Prague Holesovice, Czech Republic
• Frankfurt am Main - Strasbourg/Basel:
  • Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Hesse, Germany
  • Mannheim Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Karlsruhe Hbf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Strasbourg, France
  • Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Basel Badischer Bahnhof, Switzerland
• Munich - Verona:
  • Munich Hauptbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
  • Munich Ostbahnhof, Bavaria, Germany
  • Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
  • Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria
  • Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol, Austria
  • Brennero, Italy
  • Bolzano, Italy
  • Trento, Italy
  • Verona Porta Nuova, Italy

Cities with metro or light rail ("Stadtbahn") systems:

• Berlin (two systems that fit the underground definition, one called "S-Bahn, ", the other " U-Bahn, ". They are still separately administered for historical reasons.)
• Bielefeld (Stadtbahn)
• Bochum/Essen (Stadtbahn)
• Bonn (Stadtbahn)
• Bremen (Stadtbahn)
• Cologne (Stadtbahn)
• Düsseldorf (Stadtbahn)
• Frankfurt am Main (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
• Hamburg (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
• Hanover (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)
• Munich (S-Bahn, and U-Bahn, )
• Nuremberg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn)
• Stuttgart (S-Bahn and Stadtbahn)

Road transport

Highways:

• total: 656,140 km
• paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways (autobahns))
• unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)

Water transport

Waterways: 7,500 km (1999); major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea

Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km (1998)

Ports and harbors: Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Oldenburg, Rostock, Stuttgart

Merchant marine:
total: 475 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,395,990 GRT/8,014,132 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 181, chemical tanker 12, container 239, liquified gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 5, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, rail car carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 13, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)

Air transport

Airports: 615 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

• total: 320
  • over 3,047 m: 14
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 61
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 56
  • under 914 m: 122 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

• total: 295
  • over 3,047 m: 2
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 55
  • under 914 m: 226 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 59 (1999 est.)

See also

• Germany
• Trains in Germany
• List of airports in Germany
• License plates in Germany

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