Norilsk railway

Norilsk Railway (Russian: Норильская железная дорога) is a single-track railway, formerly the northernmost part of Russia.

Norilsk Railway
Talnakh is a small station on the railway.
Overview
Native nameНорильская железная дорога
LocaleKrasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
History
Opened1937 (1937)
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in)
Route map
127 Taymyr mine
125 Octyabrskyy mine
124 Kharayelakh
avariynyy spillway
shtatnyy spillway
Energiya (TETs-2)
119 Yelistratova (node)
Obogatitel'naya fabrika
122 Komsomolskaya
120 Komsomolsky mine
Skalistyy mine
Fedorovskaya street
Talnakh river
117 Mayak
Talnakh river
116 Talnakh
Talnakh river
114 Marker 114 km
Norilsk river
Big Ol-Gul river
106 Valyok
Nalednaya river
99 Golikova
Pavlova street
Valkovskoye highway
Semyorka river
97 Marker 97 km
95 TETs-1
Tsemstroy
depo
Kobal'tovaya
Zavodskaya
No. 4
Talnakhskaya street
Nikelevyy Stop
Octyabskaya street
Medvezhiy creek
Nulevoy piket
Ugolnyy creek
93 Skladskaya
Razvedochnyy creek
Zapadnaya
Baydarskaya
Ugolnyy creek
Ugolnyy creek
Zapolyarnyy mine
Octyabrskaya ploshchad
90 Zub-Gora
Shchuch'ya river
89 Norilsk-Sortirovochnyy
Angidritnaya
Vokzalnaya street
Mednaya
88 17 raion
Razvedochnyy creek
Bunkernaya
Alevrolitnaya
Malyy Kupets river
Kupets river
86 Kupets
TETs-3
85 85 km
Yubileynaya
Snezhnaya river
82 82 km
79 Nezhdanaya
Daldykan river
Lugovoy creek
75 RGM. Daldykan
Kalargon
Kayerkan river
73 Razrez
Kayerkan
68 Ambarnaya
Ambarnaya river
53 Alykel
Airport
47 47 km
Volgochan river
43 Bolgochan
39 39 km
Sukhoy Log Creek
36 36 km
32 32 km
31 31 km
26 Boganidka
Yamnaya river
23 23 km
Bystraya river
21 Tundra
17 17 km
Kosaya river
13 Kosaya
8 8 km
Sklad VV
Artinatka river
3 Dudinka-Sortirovochnaya
Korotkaya street
1 Dudinka-Passenger station
Morozova street
Rechnoy port
Begicheva street
Sklad GSM
Okruzhnaya street
Veyernaya street
0 Morskoy port

    Main information

    The railway is in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai, southern Taimyr Peninsula and connects the mining towns Talnakh, Norilsk and Kayerkan with the port Dudinka on the Yenisei. The railway line has a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in) Russian gauge, and was partially constructed by the prisoners of Norillag. Originally, it was 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) narrow gauge, 114 km long, and built in 1936. Later, in 1953, it was rebuilt to Russian broad gauge and expanded to 231 km of track. The railway is owned by the Norilsk Nickel mining company and does not belong to Russian Railways.

    Map of Norilsk railway

    From 1957 onwards, the railway was electrified with 3kV DC in stages. Electrical Multiple Units of the ER1 and ER2 series were used for suburban passenger transportation. VL10 locomotives were used to haul heavy freight trains on the railway.

    In the 1990s, the railway was in serious decline. In 1998 the electric catenary was removed and the electric rolling stock sold off. Diesel locomotives haul freight trains since then, passenger service on the railway was discontinued.

    In the early 1990s, a paved highway connecting Norilsk with Dudinka was completed. The passenger train service on the Norilsk Line ended in 1998.

    In 2010 in the Yamal Peninsula, Gazprom completed its Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line, which is the northernmost railway in Russia.

    See also

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