Transport in Slovakia
Transport in Slovakia is possible by rail, road, air or rivers. Slovakia is a developed Central European country with a well-developed rail network and a highway system. Main international airport is the M. R. Štefánik Airport in the capital, Bratislava. Most important waterway is the river Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships.Railways
- total: 3,662 km
- broad gauge: 99 km of gauge - used for freight transport only, see Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
- standard gauge: 3,473 km of gauge
- narrow gauge: 50 km
Roads
- total: 43,761 km
- paved: 38,085 km
- unpaved: 5,676 km
Highways
- Motorways
- * D1: Bratislava - Trnava - Trenčín - Považská Bystrica - Žilina, Liptovský Mikuláš - Jánovce, Prešov - Košice - Záhor
- * D2: Kúty - Malacky - Bratislava - Jarovce
- * D3: Dolný Hričov - Žilina - Čadca - Skalité
- * D4: Jarovce -
- Expressways
- * R1: Trnava - Nitra - Zvolen - Banská Bystrica
- * R2: - Trenčín - Prievidza - Zvolen - Rimavská Sobota - Košice
- * R3: - Zvolen - Martin -
- * R4: - Košice - Prešov - Svidník -
- * R5: Svrčinovec -
- * R6: Beluša - Púchov -
- * R7: Bratislava - Nové Zámky - Krupina - Lučenec
Waterways
- 172 km on the Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships of nearly all sizes.
Pipelines
- petroleum products 416 km; natural gas 6,769 km
- Port of Bratislava
- Port of Komárno
See:List of airports in Slovakia
total: 37Airports with paved runways
Airports with unpaved runways
total: 18
- 914 to 1,523 m: 10
- under 914 m: 8
Heliports
total: 1
