Transport in Belarus

New railway terminal in Minsk

M1 highway at Orsha

Minsk-1 Airport building

A Trolleybus in Brest

A ferry crossing the Daugava river in Vitebsk

The autobus station of Gomel

This article is about transport in Belarus. For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Belarus

Rail transport in Belarus is operated by Belarusskaya Chyhunka
total: 5,512 km
country comparison to the world: 32
broad gauge: 5,497 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁵⁄₆ in) gauge (874 km electrified) (2006)

• City with underground railway system: Minsk, see Minsk Metro
• For tramway systems: see List of town tramway systems in Belarus

Highways

Main article: Roads in Belarus

total: 93,055 km
paved: 93,055 km (2003)

Waterways

2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
country comparison to the world: 37

Pipelines

gas 5,250 km; oil 1,528 km; refined products 1,730 km (2008)

Ports and harbors

• Mazyr - on the river Pripyat

Airports

65 (2008):
country comparison to the world: 76

• Minsk International Airport
• Minsk-1
• Gomel Airport

Airports - with paved runways

Main article: List of airports in Belarus

total: 35
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 22
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,524: 1
under 914 m: 6 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 26 (2008)

Heliports

1 (2007)

National air-carrier

• Belavia

See also

• Transport in the Soviet Union
• Vehicle registration plates of Belarus

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".

External links

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