Traffic – significant activity for the development of the total economy, which in the past period has been very uneven development. By the Second World War, rail traffic was developed only. Road traffic, post office and telecommunications were poorly developed, primitively organized and took place after earth roads and with quarrel. In the postwar period, the general development of the traffic activity was uneven, more than that of the total economy. The water (lake) traffic was undeveloped, and the pipeline did not exist. Significant traffic branches in Macedonia were: rail, road, city, air, postal and telecommunications traffic. The main rail lines in Macedonia were built in the second half of ⅹⅰⅹ c. These were railway lines: Thessaloniki-Skopje (1874), Skopje-Ristovac (1888), Thessaloniki-Bitola (1894), Veles-Stip-Kocani (1926) and Veles-Bitola (1936). After the Second World War, the Skopje-Kichevo line was built (1952) and Copper Gumnovo (1955). The total length of the built lines with a normal track is 697 km. The length of the electrified railway is only 189 km (Ristovac-Skopje-Gevgelija). The railway has about 2,400 wagons, with a tendency for their reduction. The translated number of passengers was the largest in 1965. (8,455,000), and then, with the development of road traffic, it is significantly reduced. The carriage of goods was the largest in 1984. (9,896,000 tons), and in the next period and it decreases. Due to the general objective circumstances, rail traffic has entered a crisis, so the significance of this activity is declining. Some lines are abandoned by exploitation. After World War II Macedonia inherited very poorly developed road traffic: in 1945. There were only 5 km paved road and 30 km of roads with stone cubes. Other roads were earthen or macadam. In Macedonia in 1947. Only 856 trucks, 53 buses and 286 cars. The rise of the development of road traffic began in the sixties of the last century, and then flowed quickly and far surpassed the rail. In 2005 In Macedonia there are 906 km of gas districts, 3,643 km Regionals, 216 km highways, 548 km international “is” roads and 8,566 km local roads; There are 14,702 trucks, 2,269 buses, 253,234 cars. The number of translated passengers in public transport for 2005 It is 1,990 million, and the quantities of transported goods are 4,460 million tons. Fast Resharential Infrastructure in the Republic of Macedonia, the number of cars is experienced, and therefore shipping with them. In 1950 353 passenger cars were registered in 1984. – 235,311, and in 2005 – 253.234. City traffic has developed most in major cities, before S “in Skopje and Bitola. In the already mentioned year there are over 202 bus lines and about 806 buses for passenger transport. The air traffic in the past period registered poor development. The two airports (in Skopje and Ohrid) are low and not satisfying the needs. During 1999 1,052,000 passengers were translated, and 2005 Only 575,000. The post office in Macedonia had a slow increase, but was the main means of connections with “up to the seventies of the last century. The small number of posts served more beneficiaries compared to European and world standards. Telecommunication traffic, especially mobile telephony, has experienced a real “boom” in recent years. During 2005 The number of telephone subscribers (fixed connections) reached 553.185, and the number of mobile connections 1.261.328. In recent years, electronic communication is rapidly developing, the number of Internet users at the end of 2006. He exceeded the amount of 390,000 (19% of the total population of Macedonia). Participation of traffic, storage and ties in the country’s total GDP amounted to: 8.4% (2002), 8.4% (2003) and 7.8% (2004). AM: Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, State Statistical Office, for the respective years. Lit.: Nikola Uzunov, the economy of the Republic of Macedonia 1945-1950, MANU, Skopje, 2001. D. N. Hisily Sopay.
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