Transport in Armenia

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This article considers transport in Armenia.

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[edit] Railways

[edit] Total

825 km (515 miles) in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

[edit] Broad gauge

825 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+56 in) gauge (825 km electrified) (1995) There is no service south of Yerevan.

City with metro system: Yerevan

[edit] International Links

Most of the cross-border lines are currently closed due to political problems.[1]

[edit] Roadways

[edit] Total

7,700 km
country comparison to the world: 144

[edit] paved

7,700 km (including 1,561 km of expressways)

[edit] unpaved

0 km (2006 est.)

[edit] Waterways

NA km

[edit] Pipelines

natural gas 2,233 km (2008)

[edit] Ports and harbors

Cargo shipments to landlocked Armenia are routed through ports in Georgia and Turkey.

[edit] Airports

11 (2008) Only Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport and Gyumri's Shirak Airport are in use for commercial aviation.
country comparison to the world: 154

[edit] Airports - with paved runways


total: 10
over 3,047 m (9,900 feet): 2
1,524 to 2,437 m (7,920 feet): 2
914 to 1,523 m (4,950 feet): 4
'under 914 m: 2 (2008)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 0
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 0 (2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Armenia looks to the private sector". Railway Gazette International. January 2008. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2008/01/8075/armenia_looks_to_the_private_sector.html.

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