Pishchalskoye peat railway | |
Locale: | Kirov Oblast, Russia |
Type: | Narrow-gauge railway |
Open: | 1963 |
Operator: | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» |
Linelength: | 35km (22miles) |
Website: | www.vyatkatorf.ru |
Start: | Mirnyi |
58.3044°N 48.6322°WThe Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963[1] and has a total length of which 35km (22miles) is currently operational; the track gauge is .
Pishchalskoye peat railway emerged in the 1963s, in the area Orichevsky District, in a settlement named Mirnyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. The railway runs 3–4 cargo runs every day from two peat deposits.[2] Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP).[3]