Transport in Belarus
{{Short description|none}}
File:Orsha-M1Route.JPG at Orsha]]
File:Map of railways in Belarus.png
File:Major gas and oil pipelines in Belarus.png
File:Ziu-Brest.jpg in Brest]]
File:Dvina-vitebsk.jpg in Vitebsk]]
This article is about transport in Belarus.
Railways
{{main|Rail transport in Belarus}}
Rail transport in Belarus is operated by Belarusskaya Chyhunka[http://www.rw.by BŽD / Белорусская Железная Дорога] official site
total:
{{convert|5,512|km}}
country comparison to the world: 32
broad gauge:
{{convert|5,497|km|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|1520mm}} gauge ({{convert|874|km|abbr=on}} electrified) (2006)
- City with underground railway system: Minsk, see Minsk Metro
- For tramway systems: see List of town tramway systems in Belarus
Highways
{{main|Roads in Belarus}}
The owners of highways may be the Republic of Belarus, its political subdivisions, legal and natural persons, who own roads, as well as legal entities, which roads are fixed on the basis of economic or operational management.
Republican state administration in the field of roads and road activity is the Department Belavtodor under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus.
In total, in Belarus there are more than {{convert|93,000|km|abbr=on|mi|sigfig=3}} of roads and {{convert|200|km|abbr=on|mi|sigfig=2}} of departmental thousand (agriculture, industry, forestry, etc.), including {{convert|10000|mi|km|sigfig=2|order=flip|abbr=on}} in cities and towns. The density of paved roads has been relatively low – 337 km per 1,000 km2 territory – for comparison, in European countries with well-developed road network, the figure is an average of {{convert|906|km|abbr=on}}.
total:
{{convert|93,055|km|abbr=on}}
paved:
{{convert|93,055|km|abbr=on}} (2003)
Waterways
{{convert|2,500|km|abbr=on|mi|sigfig=3}} (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
country comparison to the world: 37
Belarus' inland waterways are managed by Dneprobugvodput, Belvodput, and the Dnieper-Berezinsky Enterprise.{{cite web | url=https://www.mintrans.gov.by/en/vodnyj-transport/o-predpriyatiyakh-vodnogo-transporta | title=About water transport enterprises - Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus }}
Pipelines
gas {{convert|5,250|km|abbr=on}}; oil {{convert|1,528|km|abbr=on}}; refined products {{convert|1,730|km|abbr=on}} (2008)
Ports and harbors
Airports
{{main|List of airports in Belarus}}
65 (2008):
country comparison to the world: 76
= Airports - with paved runways =
{{main|List of airports in Belarus}}
total:
35
over {{convert|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
2
{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
22
{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
4
{{convert|914|to|1,524|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
1
under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
6 (2008)
= Airports - with unpaved runways =
total:
30
{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
1
{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
1
{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
2
under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:
26 (2008)
= Heliports =
1 (2007)Heliports is where helicopter land.
= National air-carrier =
See also
References
{{CIA World Factbook|year=2006}}
{{reflist}}