Switzerland is a landlocked country in the heart of Europe so it has a dense transportation network of roads and rail that connects it to its neighbours. The transalpine routes are the most important and these have been open since the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
The road network is funded by a mixture of taxes (40 Francs per year) and toll roads. A local bus system covers most parts of the country that are not reached by the railways.
The railways are run by the Swiss Federal Railways and are nationalised. The services are a mixture of long intercity routes and smaller suburban and commuter lines. There are a few smaller narrow gauge railways too. Many of the railways in the higher alps are run as tourist routes. Lausanne is the only city to have a metro system in Switzerland.
The country has 66 airports in total with Geneva and Zurich handling by far the most traffic. Zurich is a hub for Swiss International Airlines and Lufthansa.
