Transport in Ukraine
This article is about transport in
Ukraine.
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
Rail links with adjacent countries
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Belarus*
Russia*
Moldova*
Romania (
break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
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Hungary (
break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
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Slovakia (
break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
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Poland (
break-of-gauge: 1520 mm / 1435 mm)
Cities with Rapid transit (Metro) systems
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Kiev*
Kharkiv*
Dnipropetrovsk*
Kryvy Rih (Metro
Tram)
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.)
4,400 km navigable waterways on 7 rivers, most of them are on
Danube,
Dnieper and
Pripyat rivers.
The most important waterway of Ukraine.
Notable riverports on Danube
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Izmayil*
ReniDnieper 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
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Cherkasy*
Dnipropetrovsk*
Kakhovka*
Kremenchuk*
Kiev*
Nikopol*
ZaporizhzhiaNotable riverport
Chornobyl is now abandoned due to the
Chernobyl disaster, but the waterway retains its importance as part of
Dnieper-
Baltic Sea route.
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natural gas 34,400 km (1998)
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crude oil 4,000 km (1995)
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petroleum products 4,500 km (1995)
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ammoniaMajor seaports
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Berdyansk (Sea of Azov)
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Illichivsk (Black Sea)
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Kerch (Black Sea)
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Mariupol (Sea of Azov)
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Mykolayiv (Black Sea)
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Odessa (Black Sea)
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Sevastopol (Black Sea)
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Skadovsk (Black Sea)
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Theodosia (Black Sea)
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Yalta (Black Sea)
Other notable seaports
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Donuzlav (Black Sea)
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Chornomorske (Black Sea)
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Henichesk (Sea of Azov)
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Kherson (Black Sea)
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Ochakiv (Black Sea)
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Eupatoria (Black Sea)
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Yuzhny (Black Sea)
total:156 ships (1,000 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.)
total:706 (
1994 est.)
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.
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.)
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Ukraine*
Economy of Ukraine*
Ukrainian airports sites or phones
