Russia: Facts & Stats

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Roads:

As of 2006 Russia had 933,000 km of roads, of which 755,000 were paved. Roads in Russia are classified by type of ownership (public, enterprise and private), geographical scale and/or function performed (federal, regional/territorial, municipal and local/enterprise) and type of pavement (paved or unpaved).

Two-thirds of Russia’s road networks are classified as public roads. About 8 percent of these are federal roads, 0.9 percent of which are paved. Federal roads are the backbone of the Russian roads network, in that despite their relatively small share in total length of the roads network, they carry from 45 percent to 50 percent of all cargo (including most of the foreign trade turnover), as they connect Moscow with the capitals of other nations, with the capitals and administrative centers of the subjects of the Russian Federation as well as the latter to each other.

Another 92 percent of public roads are classified as territorial (regional) roads, 83 percent of which are paved and it can be safely assumed that the conditions are at best comparable to those of federal roads. That means that the paved roads density is less than 32 km per square km of territory. It is assumed that these roads are predominantly used by the population and businesses of particular regions. Respective Federation subjects (Republics, Oblasts, etc) are the owners of territorial roads.

Railroads:

The Russian economy is more rail-dependent than any other large country in the world. It is the second largest in network size, third in ton-km, fourth in passenger-km, second highest in traffic density and second in average length of freight movement. But whereas a decade ago long-distance road transport had a negligible share of the market, it now accounts for up to 20 percent of the total freight market. There is an urgent need to restructure the rail system to reflect the changed structure of demand for rail transport.

The incorporation of the Russian Railway system as RZhD OAO on October 2003 set out a firm direction for legal, organizational and regulatory reform whilst acknowledging the need to retain flexibility in the structural changes to be made as the market develops and responds to reform. The profound transformation achieved in a remarkably short time and positive results in terms of investment, productivity and traffic are already apparent, with significant investment in rolling stock by private operators following the creation of the necessary legal framework and modifications to rail tariffs.

Russian Railways accounts for over 3.6% of Russia's GDP and handles 39% of the total of Russia’s freight traffic (including pipelines) and more than 42% of passenger traffic. Almost 1.3 billion passengers and 1.3 billion tons of freight travel via Russian Railways annually. The company owns 19,700 goods and passenger locomotives, 24,100 long-distance passenger carriages, 15,600 short-range passenger carriages and 624,900 goods wagons. A further 270,000 freight cars in Russia are privately owned.

Russian Railways operate commuter rail and/or regional rail services throughout the country, using mostly electric trains as well as some diesel ones, on the non-electrified railway sections. As of 2007, 4085 commuter trains a day (in each direction) were running on the Russian Railways network; 1069 of them, in Moscow metropolitan area.

Aviation:

Transportation in Russia is hugely serviced by the large number of international as well as domestic airports. The major international airports of the country include the Pulkovo Airport, the Domodedovo International Airport, the Sheremetyevo International Airport, the Vladivostok International Airport, the Vnukovo International Airport and the Irkutsk International Airport.

The major airlines operating domestic flights in Russia include the national airlines of Russia, Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, the Ural Airlines and the S7 Airlines. The Aeroflot-Russian Airlines connect almost all part of the country.

In the remote regions of the Russian North and Siberia the transportation by air (usually by helicopters) is vital, and in some months of the year it is the only transport link to the rest of the country.

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