Poland

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Poland

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• Rail : The Polish State Railways (PKP) is one of the larger railway systems of central and western Europe, with 23,420 kilometers in its network (1998).
• Road : By Western European standards, Poland has a relatively poor infrastructure of roads and expressways/highways. The total length of expressways/highways is 364,657 km. There are a total of 9,283,000 registered passenger automobiles, as well as 1,762,000 registered trucks and buses (2000).
• Air : Poland has eight major airports (in decreasing order of traffic: Warsaw, Kraków, Katowice, Gda?sk, Pozna?, Wroc?aw, Szczecin and Rzeszów), a total of 123 airports and airfields, as well as three heliports.
• Marine : The total length of navigable rivers and canals is 3,812 km. The merchant marine consists of 114 ships, with an additional 100 ships registered outside the country. The principal ports and harbours are: Port of Gda?sk, Port of Gdynia, Port of Szczecin, Port of Swinoujscie, Port of Ustka, Port of Kolobrzeg, Gliwice, Warsaw, Wroclaw.