Russia Transportation:
Railways: total: 87,157 km (2004 est.) 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
Highways: total: 537,289 km (2001 est.) paved: 362,133 km unpaved: 175,156 km
Waterways: 96,000 km (2004 est.) note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea
Pipelines: condensate: 122 km gas: 150,007 km oil: 75,539 km refined products: 13,771 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Anapa, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Rostov-na-Donu, Saint Petersburg, Taganrog, Vanino, Vostochnyy
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 3047m: 55 2438 to 3047m: 197 1524 to 2437m: 128 914 to 1523m: 98 under 914m: 99 (2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways: total: 2,009 over 3047m: 14 2438 to 3047m: 30 1524 to 2437m: 111 914 to 1523m: 257 under 914m: 1597 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 36 (2004 est.)
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