Railroads:
total: 1,030 km common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated
industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,030 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
Highways:
total: 30,300 km
paved or graveled: 29,200 km
unpaved: earth 1,100 km (1990)
Inland waterways: 500 km perennially navigable
Pipelines: natural gas 420 km (1992)
Ports: Haapsalu, Narva, Novotallin, Paldiski, Parnu, Tallinn
Merchant marine:
total: 65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 415,332 GRT/532,749 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 44, container 2, oil tanker 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 4
Airports:
total: 22
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 5
@Estonia:Communications
Telephone system: about 400,000 telephones; 246 telephones/1,000
persons; telephone system is antiquated; improvements are being made
piecemeal, with emphasis on business needs and international
connections; there are still about 150,000 unfulfilled requests for
telephone service
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: international traffic is carried to the other former
USSR republics by land line or microwave and to other countries partly
by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch, and
partly by a new Tallinn-Helsinki fiber optic submarine cable which
gives Estonia access to international circuits everywhere; substantial
investment has been made in cellular systems which are operational
throughout Estonia and also Latvia and which have access to the
international packet switched digital network via Helsinki
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave 0
radios: NA