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''total:''
14,400 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines


''broad gauge:''
14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1997)
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) is the national railway company.

Because rail routes were designed ignoring intersoviet borders, there are anamolies such as the route from Ural'sk to Aktobe briefly passes through Russian territory.

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Timeline


2007


  • Proposals to eliminate break of gauge at Druzhba-Alashankou by converting Kazakhstan main line to European gauge.



HIGHWAYS


''total:''
258,029 km

''paved:''
247,347 km

''unpaved:''
10,682 km (2006 est.)


WATERWAYS

3,900 km on the Syrdariya (Syr Darya) and Ertis ( Irtysh )


PIPELINES

crude oil 10,338 km; refined products 1,095 km; natural gas 11,019 km (2006)


PORTS AND HARBORS


Caspian Sea



Other



AIRPORTS

150 (2006 est.)


Airports - with paved runways


''total:''
67

''over 3,047 m:''
9

''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
27

''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
17

''914 to 1,523 m:''
4

''under 914 m:''
10 (2006 est.)


Airports - with unpaved runways


''total:''
83

''over 3,047 m:''
5

''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
6

''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
9

''914 to 1,523 m:''
10

''under 914 m:''
53 (2006 est.)


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