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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

Railways

Rail transport in Belarus Rail transport in Belarus is owned by the national rail company BŽD / BČ ( be: Bielaruskaja Čyhunka / ru: Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga). The railway network consists of 5,512 km, its gauge is (Russian broad gauge) and 874 km are ...

is operated by Belarusskaya ChyhunkaBŽD / Белорусская Железная Дорога
official site
''total:''
''country comparison to the world:'' 32
''broad gauge:'' of gauge ( electrified) (2006) *City with underground railway system:

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

, see

Minsk Metro The Minsk Metro ( be, Мінскі метрапалітэн, russian: Минский метрополитен) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened in 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations ...

*For tramway systems: see

List of town tramway systems in Belarus This article shows a list of town trams, tramway systems in Belarus. It includes all known tram systems in Belarus, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background ...

Highways

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 of roads and of departmental thousand (agriculture, industry, forestry, etc.), including 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 . ''total:''
''paved:'' (2003)

Waterways

(use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
''country comparison to the world:'' 37

Pipelines

gas ; oil ; refined products (2008)

Ports and harbors

Mazyr Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The p ...

- on the river

Pripyat Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1 ...

Airports

65 (2008):
''country comparison to the world:'' 76 *

Minsk International Airport Minsk National Airport, formerly known as Minsk-2 (, ; russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск), is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk, geographic ...

* Minsk-1 * Gomel Airport

Airports - with paved runways

''total:'' 35
''over :'' 2
'':'' 22
'':'' 4
'':'' 1
''under :'' 6 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways

''total:'' 30
'':'' 1
'':'' 1
'':'' 2
''under :'' 26 (2008)

Heliports

1 (2007)Heliports is where helicopter land.

National air-carrier

Belavia Belavia, formally Belavia Belarusian Airlines ( be, ААТ «Авіякампанія «Белавія»; russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Белавиа»), is the flag carrier and national airline of Belarus, headquartered in Mins ...

References

External links

Automobiles, Trains And Buses - Getting Around Belarus
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