Transport in Azerbaijan

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1 Railways
- 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries
- 1.2 2007
2 Highways
3 Pipelines
4 Ports and harbors
5 Airports
- 5.1 Airports - with paved runways
- 5.2 Airports - with unpaved runways
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)

City with metro system: Baku

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

Russia - yes - 1524mm gauge.
Armenia - yes - 1524mm gauge
Georgia - yes - 1524mm gauge - also new Standard gauge (1435mm) link to Turkey
Iran - yes - break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm.
Turkey - no - break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm. Via enclave.

[edit] 2007

February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Baku-Tiblisi railway

[edit] Highways

total: 24,981 km
paved: 23,057 km
unpaved: 1,924 km (1998 est.)

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum products 630 km; natural gas 1,240 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

Ports and harbors: Baku, Sumgait, Lenkoran
Merchant marine:
- total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 248,155 GRT/304,215 DWT
- ships by type: cargo 12, petroleum tanker 40, roll-on/roll-off 2, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

Airports: 69 (1996 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (1996 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 40
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 33 (1996 est.)

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. 2000

[edit] See also

Azerbaijan

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Transport in Azerbaijan

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[edit] Railways

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

[edit] 2007

[edit] Highways

[edit] Pipelines

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Airports

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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