Transport in Ukraine

Transport in Ukraine

This article is about transport in Ukraine.

Railways

Operated by the state railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia (except for industrial railways and metros in cities).

"Network length:" (1994)
* 23,350 km broad gauge (1520 mm), 9,000 km electrified (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC)
* 201 km standard gauge (1435 mm), electrified

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 plus a standard gauge cross-border cargo line)

Maps

[ Railway Gazette International April 2008 p 240 ]

Cities with Rapid transit (Metro) systems

* Kiev
* Kharkiv
* Dnipropetrovsk
* Kryvy Rih (Metrotram)

Highways

*Total: 169,477 km
*Paved: 164,732 km (including 15 km of expressways); note - these roads, classified as "hard-surfaced", include both hard-paved highways and some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads.
*Unpaved: 4,745 km (2004)

Waterways

4,400 km navigable waterways on 7 rivers, most of them are on Danube, Dnieper and Pripyat rivers. All Ukraine's rivers freeze over in winter (usually December through March), interrupting navigation.

Danube waterway

The most important waterway of Ukraine.

Notable riverports on Danube

* Izmayil
* Reni

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.

Notable riverports on Dnieper

* Cherkasy
* Dnipropetrovsk
* Kakhovka
* Kremenchuk
* Kiev
* Nikopol
* Zaporizhzhia


= 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.


= Pipelines =

* natural gas 33,721 km (2007)
* crude oil 4,514 km (2007)
* petroleum products 4,211 km (2007)
* ammonia

Ports and harbours

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)

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)

Merchant marine

*Total: 193 ships (GRT|1,000|metric|first=yes or over) totaling GRT|862,690|metric/DWT|963,550|metric|first=yes
*Ships by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo ship 145, container ship 3, passenger ship 6, passenger/cargo ship 4, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo ship 11, roll-on/roll-off 7, specialized tanker 2 (2007)

Airports

*Total: 437 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways

*Total: 193
*Over 3,047 m: 13
*2,438 to 3,047 m: 53
*1,524 to 2,437 m: 27
*914 to 1,523 m: 5
*Under 914 m: 95 (2007)

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

Airports - with unpaved runways

*Total: 244
*2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
*1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
*914 to 1,523 m: 13
*Under 914 m: 217 (2007)

See also

References


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