Transportation in Russia
Railways:
total:
150,000 km; note - 87,000 km in common carrier service; 63,000 km serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use
broad gauge (1520 mm):
150,000 km (January 1997 est.)
Russian, CIS and Baltic Railway Map (with place names in Russian, but legend in English).
Cities with metro systems:
Highways:
total:
948,000 km (including 416,000 km which serve specific industries or farms and are not maintained by governmental highway maintenance departments)
paved:
336,000 km
unpaved:
612,000 km (including 411,000 km of graveled or some other form of surfacing and 201,000 km of unstabilized earth) (1995 est.)
Waterways:
total navigable routes in general use 101,000 km; routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet 95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes 16,900 km (January 1994 est.)
Pipelines:
crude oil 48,000 km; petroleum products 15,000 km; natural gas 140,000 km (June 1993 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Baltiysk, Kaliningrad, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, St. Petersburg, Rostov, Sochi, Tuapse, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg
Merchant marine:
total:
695 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,920,923 GRT/4,867,676 DWT
ships by type:
barge carrier 1, bulk 19, cargo 379, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 3, container 25, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 35, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 149, refrigerated cargo 26, roll-on/roll-off 22, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)
Airports:
2,517 (1994 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
630
over 3,047 m:
54
2,438 to 3,047 m:
202
1,524 to 2,437 m:
108
914 to 1,523 m:
115
under 914 m:
151 (1994 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
1,887
over 3,047 m:
25
2,438 to 3,047 m:
45
1,524 to 2,437 m:
134
914 to 1,523 m:
291
under 914 m:
1,392 (1994 est.)
- See also : Russia
Referenced By
ISO 3166-1:RU | Russia | Russian Federation | Transportation by country
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