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    Russia Transportation - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/russia/russia_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 87,157 km
      broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island)
      note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries (2004)

      Highways:
      total: 537,289 km
      paved: 362,133 km
      unpaved: 175,156 km (2001)

      Waterways:
      96,000 km
      note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)

      Pipelines:
      condensate 122 km; gas 150,007 km; oil 75,539 km; refined products 13,771 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:
      Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', De-Kastri, Indigirskiy, Kaliningrad, Kandalaksha, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lazarev, Mago, Mezen', Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Onega, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Rostov, Shakhtersk, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Taganrog, Tuapse, Uglegorsk, Vanino, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg

      Merchant marine:
      total: 1,194 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,521,472 GRT/5,505,118 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 45, cargo 767, chemical tanker 20, combination ore/oil 48, container 21, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 213, refrigerated cargo 46, roll on/roll off 12, specialized tanker 2
      foreign-owned: 56 (Belgium 2, Cyprus 1, Estonia 2, Germany 1, Hong Kong 1, Latvia 3, Norway 1, Sweden 1, Turkey 28, Ukraine 10, United Kingdom 2, United States 4)
      registered in other countries: 326 (2005)

      Airports:
      2,586 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 577
      over 3,047 m: 55
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 197
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 128
      914 to 1,523 m: 98
      under 914 m: 99 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 2,009
      over 3,047 m: 14
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 30
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 111
      914 to 1,523 m: 257
      under 914 m: 1,597 (2004 est.)

      Heliports:
      36 (2004 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Russia on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Russia Transportation 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Russia Transportation 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.

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