Transportation in Ukraine
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Railways
total:
23,350 km
broad gauge:
23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified)
Rail links with adjacent countries
- Russia - yes
- Belarus - yes
- Poland - yes - Break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm
- Slovakia - yes
- Hungary - yes - Break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm
- Romania - yes - Break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm
- Moldova - yes - Break-of-gauge ??
Cities with underground railway systems: Kharkov, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk.
Highways
total:
176,310 km
paved:
170,139 km (including 1,770 km of expressways); note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel-surfaced
unpaved:
6,171 km (1998 est.)
Waterways
4,400 km navigable waterways, of which 1,672 km were on the Pripyat and Dnepr (1990)
Pipelines
crude oil 4,000 km (1995); petroleum products 4,500 km (1995); natural gas 34,400 km (1998)
Ports and harbors
Berdyans'k, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kyiv, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odessa, Reni.
Merchant marine
total:
156 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 862,690 GRT/963,550 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 9, cargo 105, container 4, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 14, rail car carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off 5, short-sea passenger 3 (1999 est.)
Airports
706 (1994 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
163
over 3,047 m:
14
2,438 to 3,047 m:
55
1,524 to 2,437 m:
34
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m:
57 (1994 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
543
over 3,047 m:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
16
914 to 1,523 m:
37
under 914 m:
476 (1994 est.)