Norilsk railway

Norilsk Railway
Норильская железная дорога

Talnakh is a small station on the railway.
Locale	Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Dates of operation	1937–present
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ^27⁄32 in)
Headquarters	Norilsk

Norilsk railway

Route map Norilsk railway Legend 127 Taymyr mine 125 Octyabrskyy mine 124 Kharayelakh avariynyy spillway shtatnyy spillway Energy (TETs-2) 119 Elistratova (node) Obogatitel'naya fabric 122 Komsomolskaya 120 Komsomolsky mine Skalistyy mine Fedorovsk street Talnakh river 117 Mayak Talnakh river 116 Talnakh Talnakh river 114 Marker 114 км Norilsk river Big Ol-Gul river 106 Валёк Nalednaya river 99 Golikova Pavlova street Valkovskoye highway Semyorka river 97 Marker 97 км 95 TETs-1 Tsyemstroy depo Kobal'tovaya Zavodskaya №4 Talnkhskaya street Nikelevyy Stop Octyabskaya street Medvezhyy 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 Razvyedochnyy creek Buknernaya Alevrolitnaya Malyy Kupets river Kupets river 86 Kupets ТЭЦ-3 85 85 км Yubileynaya Cnezhnaya river 82 82 км 79 Nezhdanaya Daldykan river Lugovoy creek 75 RGM. Daldykan Kalargon Kayyerkan river 73 Razrez Kayerkan 68 Ambarnaya Ambarnaya river 53 Alykel Airport 47 47 км Volgochan river 43 Bolgochan 39 39 км Sukhoi Log Creek 36 36 км 32 32 км 31 31 км 26 Boganidka Yamnaya river 23 23 км Bystraya river 21 Tundra 17 17 км Kosaya river 13 Kosaya 8 8 км Sklad VV Artinatka river 3 Dudinka-Sortirovochnaya Korotkaya street 1 Dudinka-Passenger station Morozova street Rechnyy port Begicheva street Sklad GSM Okruzhnaya street. Beepnaya street 0 Morskyy port

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

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 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) Russian gauge, and was partially constructed by the prisoners of Norillag. Originally, it was 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ 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.

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

• Salekhard–Igarka Railway

External links

• Norilsk railway on Sergey Bolashenko's railway site (Russian)
• Trip to the Norilsk railway and photos (Russian)