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


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.)

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