Transport

Railways

Operated by the state railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia (except for industrial railways and metros in cities).

Network length: (1994)
23,350 km broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 115⁄6 in), 9,000 km electrified (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC)
201 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge, electrified
Rail links with adjacent countries
Belarus
Russia
Moldova
Romania (break-of-gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 115⁄6 in) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in)
Hungary (break-of-gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 115⁄6 in) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in)
Slovakia (break-of-gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 115⁄6 in) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in)
Poland (break-of-gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 115⁄6 in) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) plus a standard gauge cross-border cargo line)

Cities with Rapid transit (Metro) systems

Kiev
Kharkiv
Dnipropetrovsk
Kryvy Rih (Metrotram)
Donetsk (Currently under construction)

Highways

Road network in Ukraine
Total: 169,477 km
Paved: 164,732 km (including 15 km of expressways); note - these roads, classified as "hard-surfaced", include both hard-paved highways and some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads.
Unpaved: 4,745 km (2004)

Ukraine motorways

Waterways

4,400 km navigable waterways on 7 rivers, most of them are on Danube, Dnieper and Pripyat rivers. All Ukraine's rivers freeze over in winter (usually December through March), interrupting navigation.
Danube waterway

The most important waterway of Ukraine.
Notable riverports on Danube
Izmail
Reni
Dnieper waterway

Dnieper within Ukraine is a regulated system of reservoirs separated by dams with shiplocks. The river is navigable through all its Ukrainian length.
Notable riverports on Dnieper
Cherkasy
Dnipropetrovsk
Kakhovka
Kremenchuk
Kiev
Nikopol
Zaporizhzhia
Pripyat waterway

Notable riverport Chernobyl is now abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster, but the waterway retains its importance as part of Dnieper-Baltic Sea route.

Pipelines

natural gas 33,721 km (2007)
crude oil 4,514 km (2007)
petroleum products 4,211 km (2007)
ammonia

The natural gas transport-system can take in a maximum of 288 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. Its annual output capacity is 178.5 billion cubic meters, including 142.2 billion to be forwarded to European countries.

Ports and harbours

Major seaports
Berdyansk (Sea of Azov)
Illichivsk (Black Sea)
Kerch (Black Sea)
Mariupol (Sea of Azov)
Mykolayiv (Black Sea)
Odessa (Black Sea)
Sevastopol (Black Sea)
Skadovsk (Black Sea)
Theodosia (Black Sea)
Yalta (Black Sea)
Other notable seaports
Donuzlav (Black Sea)
Chornomorske (Black Sea)
Henichesk (Sea of Azov)
Kherson (Black Sea)
Ochakiv (Black Sea)
Yevpatoria (Black Sea)
Yuzhny (Black Sea)
Merchant marine
Total: 193 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 862,690 GRT/963,550 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Ships by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo ship 145, container ship 3, passenger ship 6, passenger/cargo ship 4, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo ship 11, roll-on/roll-off 7, specialized tanker 2 (2007)

Airports

Total: 437 (2007)
Airports with paved runways
Total: 193
Over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 53
1,524 to 2,437 m: 27
914 to 1,523 m: 5
Under 914 m: 95 (2007)

Major airports are: Boryspil Airport, Dnipropetrovsk Airport, Donetsk Airport, Odessa Airport, and Simferopol Airport.
Airports - with unpaved runways
Total: 244
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 13
Under 914 m: 217 (2007)