Bosnia and Herzegovina has facilities for road, rail and air transport. There are five international road routes and 20 state highways, with bus connections to many countries. Railways total just over 1,000 km with links to Croatia and Serbia. There are 25 airports, seven of them with paved runways. The Sava River is navigable, but its use is limited.
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Roadways
edit- total: 21,846 km
- paved: 11,425 km (4,686 km of interurban roads)
- unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)
Roads
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International
editState highways
edit- M-1.8
- M-2
- M-4
- M-4.2
- M-5
- M-6
- M-6.1
- M-8
- M-11
- M-14
- M-14.1
- M-14.2
- M-15
- M-16
- M-16.1
- M-16.2
- M-16.3
- M-16.4
- M-17
- M-17.2
- M-17.3
- M-18
- M-19
- M-19.2
- M-19.3
- M-20
National and international bus services
editBosnia & Herzegovina is well connected to other countries in Europe. The main bus station of Sarajevo has its own website.[1] The main provider of international bus connection in Bosnia & Herzegovina is Eurolines.[2] There are routes to Croatia, Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Montenegro, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Serbia. Despite Bosnia & Herzegovina's geographical closeness to Serbia, there is only one bus a day, which takes more than 8 hours due to the lack of proper roads.[3]
Railways
edit- Total: 1,032 km standard gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (2006)
Rail links with adjacent countries
edit- Same gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
- Croatia - yes
- Serbia - yes
- Montenegro - no
Waterways
editSava River (northern border) open to shipping but use is limited (2008)
Ports and harbours
editGradiška, Brod, Šamac, and Brčko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava none of which are fully operational), Orašje, Bosnia
Merchant marine
editnone (1999 est.)
Airports
editAir transport begin in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia when the flag-carrier Aeroput inaugurated a regular flight linking the national capital Belgrade with Podgorica in 1930, with a stop in Sarajevo. A year later Aeroput inaugurated another regular flight starting in Belgrade and then stopping in Sarajevo and continuing towards Split, Sušak and Zagreb. By mid-1930s Aeroput inaugurated two routes linking Belgrade and Zagreb with Dubrovnik through Sarajevo, and, in 1938, it inaugurated an international route linking Dubrovnik, which was becoming a major holiday destination, through Sarajevo, to Zagreb, Vienna, Brno and Prague.[4]
25 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways
edittotal:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
4
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
under 914 m:
2 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways
edittotal:
18
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
10 (2008)
Heliports
edit6 (2013)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sarajevo Main Bus Station". autobusni-kolodvor.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Eurolines Bosnia & Herzegovina". Eurolines.ba. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Travel Balkans". Tripsget.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput at europeanairlines.no
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