country uncommonly high. International Transport Corridors The advantageous geographical position of Ukraine allows for the location of a number of International Transport Corridors on its territory, in particular : Pan-European transport corridors № 3, 5, 7, 9; Rail Co-Operation Corridors (ORC) № 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and European Transport Corridors – Caucasus – Asia (TRACECA) and Europe – Asia. Transport Industry The share of the transport sector in Ukraine's gross domestic product (according to Goskomstat) as of 2009 was 11.3%. The number of workers employed in the sector is almost 7% of total employment. The transportation infrastructure of Ukraine is adequately developed overall, however it is obsolete and in need of major modernization. A remarkable boost in the recent development of the country's transportation infrastructure was noticed after winning the right to host a major continental sport event the UEFA Euro 2012. In 2009, Ukrainian infrastructure provided for the transportation of 1.5 billion tons of cargo and 7.3 billion passengers. As the global financial crisis took hold and demand for major export commodities in 2009 fell, the volume of freight traffic decreased by 17.6% when compared with figures from 2008; passenger transport fell by 12.7%. Rail The public railways in Ukraine are managed by the state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia Network length (2010) The length of the railway network Ukraine ranks third in Europe (21.700 kilometres of track). broad gauge of , ~ electrified (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC) of standard gauge, electrified Rail links with adjacent countries Belarus Russia Moldova Romania (break-of-gauge: / ) Hungary (break-of-gauge: / ) Slovakia (break-of-gauge: / ) Poland (break-of-gauge: / plus a standard gauge cross-border cargo line) Metro In Ukraine, there are 4 metro systems: the Kyiv Metro, the Kharkiv Metro, the Dnipro Metro and the Kryvyi Rih Metro. Roads and Auto The development of public roads in Ukraine is currently lagging behind the pace of motorisation in the country. During 1990-2010 the length of the highways network hardly increased at all. The density of highways in Ukraine is 6.6 times lower than in France (respectively 0.28 and 1.84 kilometres of roads per square kilometre area of the country). The length of express roads in Ukraine is 0.28 thousand km (in Germany – 12.5 thousand kilometres in France – 7.1 thousand kilometres), and the level of funding for each kilometre of road in Ukraine is around 5.5 – 6 times less