Communications and Transportation
The main transit roads connect the regional center with the following cities in Russia: Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Troitsk, Yekaterinburg, Kurgan and Tyumen. They also connect to Astana, Almaty, in Kazakhstan, and adjoining areas. The length of the railways is 1048 km. Fifty-three stations process cargo and passenger transportation. Oil is delivered from Russia and from oil refineries in Kazakhstan by rail.
Runways of the airport of Kostanay can accept the following types of airplanes: Tu-134, Tu-154, An-22, Il-86 and some Boeing airliners. From Kostanay International Airport, there are regular and charter flights to many cities in Kazakhstan, many former Soviet republics, Germany (Frankfurt and Hanover), the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and others. These are ports of entry and customs checkpoints.
The local telecommunications monopoly in the Kostanay region is the a branch of "KazakhTelecom". The big development was when Kostanay oblast gained Internet access, cellular communication and Internet telephony.
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