Northern railways - state-owned railways , formed in 1907 at the merger of the Moscow-Yaroslavl-Arkhangelsk and St. Petersburg-Vologda-Vyatka railways. The main lines were built in 1868 - 1913 . Passed through the territory of Moscow , Vladimir , Yaroslavl , Tver , Kostroma , Vologda , Arkhangelsk , Olonets , St. Petersburg , Novgorod provinces .
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History
In 1859-1900 , the road belonged to the joint-stock company of the Moscow-Yaroslavl Railway (the charter was approved in 1859 ). Among the founders are representatives of industrial capital and the aristocracy (chairman of the board is S. I. Mamontov ). Then redeemed to the treasury. The management of the road was in Moscow . In 1914 - 1918, the narrow gauge sections of Vologda - Nyandoma , Nyandoma - Arkhangelsk were crossed to a wide gauge , the second tracks were laid in the sections Rybatskoye - Zvanka , Aleksandrov - Danilov . Open movement on the Romanov branch.
In May 1918, the road was nationalized and transferred to the NKPS .
As of the beginning of 1991, the main lines of the Northern Railways are part of the Northern Railway .
Main lines
- Moscow - Yaroslavl (movement opened in 1870)
- Novki - Ivanovo-Voznesensk (September 16, 1868) Originally Shuisk-Ivanovo railway. d.
- Ivanovo-Voznesensk - Kineshma (February 5, 1871) Originally Shuisk-Ivanovo railway. d.
- Mytishchi - Shchelkovo (1896)
- Alexandrov - Ivanovo (1896)
- Belkovo - Kirzhach (1898)
- Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Ermolino (1898)
- Yaroslavl - Rybinsk (1898)
- Vologda - Arkhangelsk (1898)
- Moscow - Savelovo (1900)
- Obukhovo - Vologda (1905)
- Vologda - Vyatka (1906)
- Khozhayevo - Kotorosl (1913)
- Yaroslavl - Vologda (1913)
The length of roads as of 1913 is 597 miles (including 106 miles - a double track).
Rolling stock
In the rolling stock of the road were:
- 668 steam locomotives
- 10 821 freight car
- 862 passenger cars
Significance of the road
Northern railways connected the north of the country with the central industrial region. Contributed to the development of woodworking, textile, butter industry in the Vologda, Vyatka, Kostroma provinces; export of goods through Arkhangelsk (firewood, timber, building material, furs, flax, resin, rosin, turpentine, bread, butter).
Infrastructure
Northern railways had a developed infrastructure. Including were built:
- bridge over the Volga in Yaroslavl
- railway workshops (in Yaroslavl, Vologda, Mytishchi, Cherepovets)
- Yaroslavsky Station was built in Moscow (1902-1904; architect F.O. Shekhtel )
- equipped marinas in Arkhangelsk, Yaroslavl
- two technical schools opened (in Moscow and Vologda)
Links
Archive Sources
- RGIA, f. 446, op. 30, d. 6. Report No. 248 of November 28, 1897 "On the opening of traffic on the Vologda-Arkhangelsk line."
- RGIA, f. 446, op. 31, d. 21. Report No. 209 of October 13, 1906, "On the assignment of the name Northern Railways to the connected Moscow-Yaroslavl-Arkhangelsk and S. Petersburg-Vologodo-Vyatka railways.
Literature
- Kaplan A.A. Northern Railways. To the centenary of railway transport. - M., 1926.
- Gudkova O. V. Construction of the Northern Railway and its role in the development of the northern region (1858-1917) - Vologda: Antiquities of the North, 2002. - 192 p. : 12 l silt - ISBN 5-93061-007-X .