| Tayga | |
| Native Name: | Тайга |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Style: | RZD |
| Type: | West Siberian Railway terminal |
| Address: | Tayga, Russia |
| Coordinates: | 56.0621°N 85.63°W |
| Line: | Novosibirsk—Krasnoyarsk Tayga—Tomsk Tayga—Kemerovo |
| Platform: | 3 (2 island platforms) |
| Tracks: | 10 |
| Parking: | yes |
| Opened: | 1898[1] |
| Electrified: | yes |
| Code: | 873308[2] |
| Owned: | Russian Railways (West Siberian Railway) |
Tayga (ru|Тайга-Главная) is a major junction railway station on the West Siberian Railway in Russia. The biggest railway station of Tayga and one of the biggest in Russia.[3]
After the completion of the Siberian Railway in Central Siberia was an unmarked junction, where the railway went to Tomsk. Later the siding was called Tomsk-Tayozhny, and in 1913, was renamed into Tayga.
The design and construction of the station was attended by Russian engineer and writer Garin-Mikhailovsky.
After construction of the bypass railway and the construction of another station in the town of Tayga (Tayga-2) for a long time, the station was called Tayga-1. However, in the 1990s after partial disassembly of a bypass road and Tayga-2 conversion in the siding, the station again became known as Tayga (without a number).[4]
During the use of steam locomotives required much water. First it was acquired from wells and serving on the speakers using a typical water tower. But eventually the water no longer sufficed and it was necessary to build a water pipeline from the Yaya river, where a dam and a pumping station were built.[5]