Editing Transport in Belarus

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[[File:Orsha-M1Route.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[M1 highway (Belarus)|M1 highway]] at [[Orsha]]]]
[[File:Map of railways in Belarus.png|thumb|250px|Rail transport map of Belarus]]
[[File:Major gas and oil pipelines in Belarus.png|thumb|250px|Major gas (red) and oil (green) pipelines in Belarus]]
[[File:Ziu-Brest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Trolleybus]] in [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]]]
[[File:Dvina-vitebsk.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A ferry crossing the [[Daugava River|Daugava river]] in [[Vitebsk]]]]
[[File:AutoStationGomel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The autobus station of [[Gomel]]]]

This article is about '''transport in [[Belarus]]'''.

== Railways ==
{{main|Rail transport in Belarus}}
[[Rail transport in Belarus]] is operated by [[Belarusskaya Chyhunka]]<ref>[http://www.rw.by BŽD / Белорусская Железная Дорога] official site</ref>
<br>''total:''
{{convert|5,512|km}}
<br>''country comparison to the world:'' 32
<br>''broad gauge:''
{{convert|5,497|km|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|1520mm}} gauge ({{convert|874|km|abbr=on}} electrified) (2006)

*City with [[rapid transit|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 [[Administrative divisions of Belarus|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 &ndash; 337&nbsp;km per 1,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> territory &ndash; 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}}
<br>''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)
<br>''country comparison to the world:'' 37

Belarus' inland waterways are managed by [[Dneprobugvodput]], [[Belvodput]], and the [[Dnieper-Berezinsky Enterprise]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

== 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 ==
* [[Mazyr]] - on the river [[Pripyat River|Pripyat]]

== Airports ==
{{main|List of airports in Belarus}}
65 (2008):
<br>''country comparison to the world:'' 76

* [[Minsk International Airport]]
* [[Minsk-1]]
* [[Gomel Airport]]

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
{{main|List of airports in Belarus}}
''total:''
35
<br>''over {{convert|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
2
<br>''{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
22
<br>''{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
4
<br>''{{convert|914|to|1,524|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
1
<br>''under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
6 (2008)

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
''total:''
30
<br>''{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
1
<br>''{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
1
<br>''{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
2
<br>''under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}:''
26 (2008)

=== Heliports ===
1 (2007)Heliports is where helicopter land.

=== National air-carrier ===
*[[Belavia]]

==See also==
*[[Transport in the Soviet Union]]
*[[Vehicle registration plates of Belarus]]

==References==
{{CIA World Factbook|year=2006}}
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==External links==
*[http://belarusdigest.com/story/automobiles-trains-and-buses-getting-around-belarus-23717/ Automobiles, Trains And Buses - Getting Around Belarus]
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