Yamal Railway
| Locale | Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 2003–present |
| Predecessor | Sverdlovsk Railway (Russia) |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) |
| Headquarters | Novy Urengoy |
| Website | yrw.ru |
Yamal Railway is a railway operator in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia.[1][2]
Main information
The company was created in 2003 by the Yamal administration and Russian Railways.
The main activity is the operation of the lines Korotchaevo – Novy Urengoy–Nadym and Korotchaevo–Novy Urengoy–Yamburg.[3][1]
Projects of the Yamal railway company:
- The completion and restoration of the railway line Obskaya–Salekhard–Nadym;
- The construction of new railway line midnight – art Ob-2 (the project was suspended in February 2012 in the absence of reliable data on the availability of industrial mineral reserves on the Eastern slope of the Urals);
- The completion and restoration of the line Korotchaevo–Igarka.[1]
The branch Novy Urengoy–Pangody–Nadym was restored in the 1970s, part of the Transpolar mainline.[4]
Plans
The company develops the Obskaya – Polunochnoye railway construction project along the Eastern slope of the Ural mountains. Investment substantiation for construction of railway track prepares Saint-Petersburg company. Preliminary costs will be not less than 62 billion.
The company also expects to recover the Labytnangi – Nadym Transpolar mainline, which was abandoned in 1953.
Construction of the Obskaya – Polunochnoye railway and full recovery of Transpolar railway required the construction of a bridge across the Ob river. The agreement on construction of the combined rail and road bridge across the Ob was signed in December 2008 by the administration of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Federal Agency of railway transport of Russia.[5]
