Editing Switzerland (section)

=== Transport ===
{{Main|Transport in Switzerland}}
[[File:Lötschberg Tunnel.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance of the new [[Lötschberg Base Tunnel]], the third-longest railway tunnel in the world, under the old [[Lötschberg railway line]]. It was the first completed tunnel of the greater project [[NRLA]].]]
The densest [[Rail transport in Switzerland|rail network]] in Europe spans {{convert|5250|km}} and carried 614 million passengers in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://w3.unece.org/PXWeb/en/CountryRanking?IndicatorCode=47 |title=Railway density |year=2022 |website=UNECE Data Portal |publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |location=Geneva, Switzerland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706180506/https://w3.unece.org/PXWeb/en/CountryRanking?IndicatorCode=47 |archive-date=2024-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/mobility-transport/cross-sectional-topics/public-transport.assetdetail.32252559.html |title=Public transport traffic volume by transport means |date=11 September 2024 |website=<!--Website name is the same as publisher name.--> |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241106040146/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/mobility-transport/cross-sectional-topics/public-transport.assetdetail.32252559.html |archive-date=2024-11-06}}</ref> In 2015, each Swiss resident travelled on average {{convert|2550|km}} by rail, more than any other European country.<ref name="FSO-2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/mobility-transport/cross-sectional-topics/public-transport-rail-freight.assetdetail.su-d-11-TP-ZR.html |title=Öffentlicher Verkehr (inkl. Schienengüterverkehr) - detaillierte Zeitreihen |date=15 December 2016 |website=<!--Website name is the same as publisher name.--> |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de |trans-title=Public transportation (incl. rail freight) – detailed time series |format=XLS |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220074207/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/mobility-transport/cross-sectional-topics/public-transport-rail-freight.assetdetail.su-d-11-TP-ZR.html |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=November 2024|reason=Cited XLS document is a workbook with many sheets; need more exact location for data on kilometres travelled via rail per resident in 2015.}} Virtually 100% of the network is electrified. 60% of the network is operated by the [[Swiss Federal Railways]] (SBB&nbsp;CFF&nbsp;FFS). Besides the second largest [[standard gauge]] railway company, [[BLS AG]], two railways companies operate on [[narrow gauge]] networks: the [[Rhaetian Railway]] (RhB) in Graubünden, which includes some World Heritage lines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503140944/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276 |archive-date=3 May 2017 |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn]] (MGB), which co-operates with RhB the [[Glacier Express]] between [[Zermatt]] and [[St. Moritz]]/[[Davos]]. Switzerland operates the [[List of longest tunnels|world's longest and deepest railway tunnel]] and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps, the {{convert|57.1|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]], the largest part of the [[NRLA|New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA)]] project.

Switzerland has a publicly managed, toll-free road network financed by highway permits as well as vehicle and petrol taxes. The Swiss autobahn/autoroute system requires the annual purchase of a [[vignette (road tax)|vignette]] (toll sticker)—for 40 [[Swiss franc]]s—to use its roadways, including passenger cars and trucks. The Swiss autobahn/autoroute network stretches for {{convert|1638|km|mi|abbr=on}} and has one of the highest motorway densities in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2003 |title=Switzerland |work=Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-04/01/content_809596.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129073327/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-04/01/content_809596.htm |archive-date=29 January 2017}}</ref>

[[Zurich Airport]] is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway; it handled 22.8&nbsp;million passengers in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |title=European Airport Traffic Trends |url=http://www.anna.aero/european-airport-traffic-trends/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209041654/http://www.anna.aero/european-airport-traffic-trends/ |archive-date=9 February 2014 |access-date=12 July 2013 |website=anna.aero |date=24 October 2008 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The other international airports are [[Geneva Airport]] (13.9&nbsp;million passengers in 2012),<ref>[http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-244/ Geneva Airport statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714130905/http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-244/ |date=14 July 2016}} accessed 12 July 2013</ref> [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]] (located in France), [[Bern Airport]], [[Lugano Airport]], [[St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport]] and [[Sion Airport]]. [[Swiss International Air Lines]] is the flag carrier. Its main hub is Zurich, but it is legally domiciled in Basel.