Short facts about transportation in Ukraine
| Railways: |
total: 23,350 km
broad gauge: 23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km
electrified) |
| Highways: |
total: 273,700 km
paved: 236,400 km (including 1,770 km of
expressways); note - (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)
unpaved: 37,300 km (these roads are made of unstabilized
earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather)
(1990) |
| Waterways: |
4,499 km
note: (1,672 km
are on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr) (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, Kiev (Kyyiv), Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni,
Sevastopol' |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 156 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 757,582 GRT/841,755
DWT
ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 110, container 3, liquefied gas
2, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 14, railcar carrier 2, roll
on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 2 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
718 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 114
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m:
50
1,524 to 2,437 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m: 26 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 604
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m:
37
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
914 to 1,523 m:
45
under 914 m: 457 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
