Transport in Ukraine

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1 Railways
- 1.1 Rail links with adjacent countries
- 1.2 Cities with Rapid transit (Metro) systems
2 Highways
3 Waterways
4 Pipelines
5 Ports and harbours
- 5.1 Major seaports
- 5.2 Other notable seaports
6 Merchant marine
7 Airports
- 7.1 Airports - with paved runways
- 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways
8 See also

[edit] Railways

Operated by the state railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia.

Network length: (1994)

23,350 km broad gauge (1520 mm), 9,000 km electrified
201 km standard gauge (1435 mm), electrified

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

Belarus
Russia
Moldova
Romania (break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
Hungary (break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
Slovakia (break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
Poland (break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)

[edit] Cities with Rapid transit (Metro) systems

total: 176,310 km
paved: 170,139 km (including 1,770 km of expressways); note - these roads, classified as "hard-surfaced", include both hard-paved highways and some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads.
unpaved: 6,171 km (1998 est.)

[edit] Waterways

4,400 km navigable waterways on 7 rivers, most of them are on Danube, Dnieper and Pripyat rivers.

[edit] Danube waterway

The most important waterway of Ukraine.

[edit] Notable riverports on Danube

Izmayil
Reni

[edit] Dnieper waterway

Dnieper within Ukraine is a regulated system of reservoirs separated by dams with shiplocks. The river is navigable through all its Ukrainian length.

[edit] Notable riverports on Dnieper

[edit] Pripyat waterway

Notable riverport Chornobyl is now abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster, but the waterway retains its importance as part of Dnieper-Baltic Sea route.

[edit] Pipelines

natural gas 34,400 km (1998)
crude oil 4,000 km (1995)
petroleum products 4,500 km (1995)
ammonia

[edit] Ports and harbours

[edit] Major seaports

Berdyansk (Sea of Azov)
Illichivsk (Black Sea)
Kerch (Black Sea)
Mariupol (Sea of Azov)
Mykolayiv (Black Sea)
Odessa (Black Sea)
Sevastopol (Black Sea)
Skadovsk (Black Sea)
Theodosia (Black Sea)
Yalta (Black Sea)

[edit] Other notable seaports

Donuzlav (Black Sea)
Chornomorske (Black Sea)
Henichesk (Sea of Azov)
Kherson (Black Sea)
Ochakiv (Black Sea)
Eupatoria (Black Sea)
Yuzhny (Black Sea)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Airports

total: 706 (1994 est.)

[edit] 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.)

Major airports are: Boryspil Airport, Dnipropetrovsk Airport, Donetsk Airport, Odessa Airport, and Simferopol Airport.

[edit] 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.)

[edit] See also

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¹ Has significant territory in Asia. ² Entirely in West Asia, but considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons. ³ Only recognised by Turkey.

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