Dymnoye peat railway | |
Locale: | Kirov Oblast, Russia |
Type: | Narrow-gauge railway |
Open: | 1967 |
Operator: | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» |
Linelength: | 79km (49miles) |
Website: | www.vyatkatorf.ru |
Start: | Svetlopolyansk |
59.4207°N 52.3761°WThe Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79km (49miles) is currently operational; the track gauge is .[1]
Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP).[2]