Transportation in Azerbaijan

Railways

total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)

City with metro system: Baky

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Russia - yes - 1524mm gauge.
• Armenia - yes - 1524mm gauge
• Georgia - yes - 1524mm gauge - also new Standard gauge (1435mm) link to Turkey
• Iran - yes - break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm.
• Turkey - no - break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm. Via enclave.

Highways

total: 24,981 km
paved: 23,057 km
unpaved: 1,924 km (1998 est.)

Pipelines

crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum products 630 km; natural gas 1,240 km

Ports and harbors

• Ports and harbors: Baky
• Merchant marine:
  • total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 248,155 GRT/304,215 DWT
  • ships by type: cargo 12, petroleum tanker 40, roll-on/roll-off 2, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

Airports: 69 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 40
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 33 (1996 est.)

Reference

• Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

See Also

• Azerbaijan