The transport network of the Russian Federation is one of the world's most extensive transport networks. The national web of roads, railways and airways stretches almost from Kaliningrad in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east, and major cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg are served by extensive rapid transit systems. Russia has adopted two national transport strategies in recent years. On 12 May 2005, the Russian Ministry of Transport adopted the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation to 2020. Three years later, on 22 November 2008, the Russian government adopted a revised strategy, extending to 2030. The export of transport services is an important component of Russia's GDP. The government anticipates that between 2007 and 2030, the measures included in its 2008 transport strategy will increase the export of transport services to a total value of $80 billion, a sevenfold increase on its 2008 value. Foreign cargo weight transported is expected to increase from 28 million tonnes to 100 million tonnes over the same period. Aerial cableway In 2012, the cableway connecting Nizhny Novgorod and Bor was launched. The length of the cableway is . It has the largest unsupported span in Europe above the water surface is . The main purpose is to provide an alternative type of passenger transportation in addition to river taxis, electric trains and buses. Rail transport Russia has the world's third-largest railway network, behind only the United States and China, with a total track length of as of 2019. It uses a broad rail gauge of . Electrified track accounts for around half of the Russian railway network — totalling — but carries the majority of railway traffic. Russian Railways, the state-owned national rail carrier, is one of the world's largest transport companies, enjoying a monopoly over rail transport in Russia. Established in 1992, it employs an estimated 950,000 people, and accounted for 2.5% of the entire national GDP in 2009. In 2007 alone, Russian Railways carried a total of 1.3 billion passengers and 1.3 billion tons of freight on its common-carrier routes. Rapid-transit systems Moscow Metro – 13 lines, 207 stations, 349.5 km Saint Petersburg Metro – 5 lines, 69 stations, 113.2 km Novosibirsk Metro – 2 lines, 13 stations, 15.9 km Nizhny Novgorod Metro – 2 lines, 14 stations, 18.8 km Samara Metro – 1 line, 10 stations, 12.7 km Yekaterinburg Metro – 1 line, 9 stations, 12.7