Transportation in Kazakhstan
Railways:total: 14,400 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1997)
City with metro system under construction: Almaty.
Highways:
total:
119,390 km
paved:
103,272 km
unpaved:
16,118 km (1998 est.)
Waterways: 3,900 km on the Syrdariya (Syr Darya) and Ertis (Irtysh)
Pipelines: crude oil 2,850 km; refined products 1,500 km; natural gas 3,480 km (1992)
Ports and harbors: Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Airports: 10 (1997 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
9
over 3,047 m:
4
2,438 to 3,047 m:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2 (1997 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
1 (1997 est.)
- See also : Kazakhstan
