Railway transport in the Murmansk region has been developing since 1917 when the Murmansk railway was built ( Petrozavodsk - Romanov-on-Murman ). The regional railway network is represented by the St. Petersburg - Petrozavodsk - Murmansk transit railway and other railway lines. The railway lines of the region are served by the Murmansk branch of the October Railway . As of 2006, the total length of the railway in the Murmansk region is 870 kilometers, and the density of railway tracks is 6 kilometers per 1,000 square kilometers of territory [1] .
| Railway transport in the Murmansk region | |
|---|---|
 Active sites Parsed areas Projected areas | |
| A country: | Russia |
| Region: | Murmansk region |
| Length: | 870 kilometers |
| Network density: | 6 km of track per 1000 square meters. km square |
| Operating organizations: | Murmansk Branch of the October Railway |
| Main lines | Murmansk - St. Petersburg and others. |
Content
History and prospects
For the first time, rail transport in the territory of the Murmansk region appeared during the construction of the Murmansk railway ( Petrozavodsk - Murmansk port ), which was built in 1915-1916 .
On December 5, 1916, the Murmansk locomotive depot was opened.
The temporary goods movement was opened from January 1, 1917 , and from April 1, 1917, the Murmansk Railway was included in direct communication with the Russian railways. On September 15, 1917, regular passenger traffic began along the entire section of the road from Zvanka to Murmansk - passenger train No. 3/4 passed.
On May 4, 1927, the Kandalaksha-Pristan station was closed and the Kandalaksha-Pristan general-use Kandalaksha line was left operational.
In 1930, the Apatity - Khibinogorsk line was commissioned.
The line Apatity - Nepheline Sands was commissioned on August 16, 1931.
On December 19, 1936, the electrified section of Kandalaksha - Apatity - Khibinogorsk was put into operation.
On February 20, 1946, the Karelian-Kuolajärvi Brooks section was restored.
In 1951 - 1953, the Kola Railway was built , later abandoned.
In 1956, the railway Pinosero - Kovdor Opened.
July 13, 1959 Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 748 "On strengthening the railways" and the order of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR No. 42 dated July 14, 1959. The Kirov Railway and the October Railway were combined into the October Railway controlled by Leningrad .
In 1967, the Aikuven-Lovozero railway was opened.
In 1968, the Kola-Nickel Railway was opened with a branch to Pechenga and Liinakhamari .
In 1973, the main branch Murmansk - Loukhi was completely electrified.
In the 1980s, construction began on the Nyal - Zaozersk railway , dismantled in the late XX - early XXI century.
In 1996, passenger traffic on the Apatity-1 - Kirovsk line was completely stopped.
Since 2001, the electrification of the railway has been switched to alternating current .
In 2007, the Aikuven-Lovozero railway was closed.
The construction of the railway line to Lavnu [2] [3] .
Businesses and infrastructure
Railway lines passing through the region [4] :
- part of the St. Petersburg – Murmansk railway (a stretch of over 350 km.), crossing the region from south to north, from the border with Karelia to Murmansk;
- railway line Kola - Pechenga ;
- railway line Olenegorsk - Monchegorsk ;
- railway line Apatity - Titan ;
- railway line Pinosero - Kovdor ;
- the railway line Ruchi-Karelsky - Alakurtti ;
- railway line Murmansk - Vaenga ;
- Luostari - Nickel-Murmansk railway line.
The operational length of railway lines in the Murmansk Region is 870 km, 439 km are electrified, of which 416 km are electrified with alternating current (from Poyakonda station on the border with the Republic of Karelia to Murmansk station) and 23 km with direct current (from Apatity station to Kirovsk station, while the Murmansk branch of the October Railway includes only the Apatity -Titan section, and the Titan- Kirovsk section is owned by the Apatit OJSC enterprise). The enterprises of the October Railway employed about 10 thousand workers. [five]
Railway junctions and junction stations: Murmansk, Apatity, Karelian Streams, Kandalaksha, Olenegorsk, Paiwe, Zapolyarnaya.
In Murmansk is the management of the Murmansk branch of the October Railway .
Literature
- Railway transport of the Murmansk region // Kola encyclopedia . В 5 т. Т. 2. Е - К / Гл. ed. A. N. Vinogradov . - SPb. : IP; Apatity: KSC RAS, 2009. - p. 56.
Notes
- ↑ Transport // Kola encyclopedia . In 5 tons. T. 1. A - D / Ch. ed. A. A. Kiselev . - SPb. : IP; Apatity: KSC RAS, 2008. - P. 129-130.
- ↑ Construction of the railway branches of the Weekend-Lavna filmed from a bird's eye view
- ↑ Two new stations in the plans - Lavna and Kulonga. Archived copy of September 29, 2008 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Information from the scheme of the October Railway from the Russian Railways website (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Murmansk transport hub creates international competitive advantages of the port of Murmansk - Murmansk
Links
- Scheme of the October Railway (inaccessible link)
- Murmansk railway, construction history