Transport
Due to its geographical location St. Petersburg has historically developed as a gateway to Europe. St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast form a major trans-shipping point in Russia. It is estimated that around 20% of Russia’s total volume of import-export and transit cargo flow, in terms of weight, is handled through the territory of the region. A constant investment in the development of transport infrastructure has led to these results. The total freight turnover of the city in 2009 was about 120 bln tons. In comparison, the port of Hamburg, Germany handled 110,4 million tons in 2009.
St. Petersburg is characterised by a well developed infrastructure:
- Road transport – 16 motorways
- Railway transport – 423 km of railroad tracks and 5 main railway stations
- Sea and river transport – large capacity sea port as well as river port
- Air transport – 2 airports and an airline company
