Short facts about transportation in Kazakhstan
| Railways: |
total: 14,400 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines
broad gauge: 14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified)
(1997) |
| Highways: |
total: NA km
paved: 150,000 km (these roads are said to be
hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that
are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in
all weather) (2000)
unpaved: NA km (these roads are made of
unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet
weather) |
| Waterways: |
3,900 km
note: on the
Syrdariya (Syr Darya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers |
| Pipelines: |
crude oil 2,850 km; refined products
1,500 km; natural gas 3,480 km (1992) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev),
Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey
(Semipalatinsk) |
| Airports: |
449 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 28
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m:
14
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 421
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m:
18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 45
914 to 1,523 m:
101
under 914 m: 246 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
