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TRANSPORTATION
Roads:
Road system:
- total: 346,858 km (1997 est.).
- paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways).
- unpaved: 3,469 km.
Railroads:
Rail transport in Spain operates on four rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of private and public operators. The total route length in 2004 was 14,781 km (8,791 km electrified):
- broad gauge (1,668 mm)
- 11,829 km (6,950 km electrified at 3 kV DC)
- standard gauge (1,435 mm)
- 998 km (all electrified at 25 kV AC)
- narrow gauge (1,000 mm)
- 1,926 km (815 km electrified)
- narrow gauge (914 mm)
Most railways are operated by RENFE; narrow-gauge lines are operated by FEVE and other carriers in individual autonomous communities. It is proposed to build or convert more standard-gauge lines, including some dual gauging of broad-gauge lines, especially where these lines link to adjacent countries.
Operators:
- Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm Iberian gauge and 1435-mm European gauge networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias).
- FEVE (Ferrocarriles Españoles de Vía Estrecha, meaning Narrow-Gauge Spanish Railways) is a state-owned Spanish railway company, which operates most of Spain's 1,250 km (780 mi) of metre gauge railway.
- EuskoTren (Eusko Trenbideak/Ferrocarriles Vascos – Basque Railways) operates trains on part of the narrow gauge railway network in the Basque Country.
- Ferrocarril de Sóller or FS operates an electrified 914 mm narrow gauge railway on the Spanish island of Majorca, between the towns of Palma and Sóller.
- Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca or SFM operates the metre gauge railway network on the Spanish island of Majorca.
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana or FGV operates several metre gauge lines, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia.
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways), or FGC operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain. It operates 140 km (87 mi) of metre gauge, 42 km (26 mi) of standard gauge, and 89 km (55 mi) of broad gauge route, two metre gauge rack railways and four funicular railways.
- Acciona Rail Services, subsidiary of Acciona. Operates a cargo line (coal) between Asturias and the province of León.
- COMSA Rail Transport, subsidiary of COMSA, a partner member of European Bulls RailFreight Alliance. Operates a cargo line (clinker containers) from the Port of Gijón to Valladolid and other work.
- Continental Rail. Is dedicated to bringing materials into the gorges of the high-speed lines in Progress
Metro/light rail systems:
- Barcelona (Barcelona Metro/Barcelona Tram)
- Bilbao (Bilbao Metro/Bilbao Tram)
- Madrid (Madrid Metro)
- Valencia (Valencia Metro)
- Malaga (Malaga Metro) under construction
- Granada (Granada Tram) under construction
- Palma de Mallorca
- Vitoria-Gasteiz (Vitoria-Gasteiz tram) under construction
- Seville (Seville Metro) under construction
- Parla (Parla Tram or VíaParla)
- Vélez-Málaga under construction due to open September 2006
Aviation:
Airports - with paved runways:
- total: 96
- 10,000 ft (3,048 m) and over 16
- 8,000 to 9,999 ft (2,438 to 3,047 m): 10
- 5,000 to 7,999 ft (1,524 to 2,437 m): 20
- 3,000 to 4,999 ft (914 to 1,523 m): 24
- under 3,000 ft (914 m): 26 (2006 est.)
Main airports are Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, Gran Canaria, Alicante and Tenerife South.
Airports - with unpaved runways:
- total: 61
- 5,000 to 7,999 ft (1,524 to 2,437 m): 2
- 3,000 to 4,999 ft (914 to 1,523 m): 15
- under 3,000 ft (914 m): 44 (2006 est.)
Airlines based in Spain:
- Iberia Airlines
- Spanair
- Air Europa
- Air Plus Comet
- Iberworld
- Pullmantur Airlines
- Vueling Airlines
- Clickair
- Binter Canarias
- Pyrenair
Heliports:
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