Transport in Georgia (country) explained

For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways

See main article: Georgian Railway.
total:1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge:1,583 km of gauge (1993)
narrow gauge:100 km of gauge.

City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).

Railway links with adjacent countries

2007

Towns served by rail

Highways

See also: Roads in Georgia (country), List of roads in Georgia (country) and Georgian Military Road. The total length of the road network is approximately 21000km (13,000miles) kilometers (2020[3]), divided over roughly 1600km (1,000miles) of international trunk roads, 7000km (4,000miles) of domestic main roads and some 12400km (7,700miles) local roads. Only a limited number of kilometers are express roads or motorways which are in good condition. The quality of the other roads varies greatly.

Motorways

Georgia has a limited multilane expressroad/motorway system, that is under development. In 2021 these sections are:

Additionally, the S2 highway has 32km (20miles) limited access two-lane freeway (Kobuleti Bypass).

Pipelines

Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

Black Sea Ports and harbors

Batumi, Poti, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

Merchant marine


total:17 ships (with a volume of or over) totaling /
ships by type:cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

Airports

See main article: List of airports in Georgia (country).

28 (1994 est.)In February 2007 a brand new, modern and fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in Tbilisi.

Airports - with paved runways


total:14
over 3,047 m:1
2,438 to 3,047 m:7
1,524 to 2,437 m:4
914 to 1,523 m:1
under 914 m:1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways


total:14
over 3,047 m:1
2,438 to 3,047 m:1
1,524 to 2,437 m:1
914 to 1,523 m:5
under 914 m:6 (1994 est.)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Uysal, Onur. "10 Things to Know About Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project", Rail Turkey, 20 October 2014
  2. http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=15616 Georgia Hands over Railway to Investment Fund
  3. Web site: Statistical Yearbook Georgia 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201228144302/https://www.geostat.ge/media/35684/Yearbook_2020.pdf . 2020-12-28 . live. GeoStat. English. 200. 2020. 21 December 2021. pdf.
  4. Web site: 2017 List of highways of international and domestic importance. The Legislative Herald of Georgia. Georgian. 2 November 2017. 21 December 2021.