Narrow-gauge railways in Russia explained

See main article: article and Rail transport in Russia. The Imperial Russian narrow railway track gauge was, the current track gauge is predominantly . In Soviet Russia, narrow-gauge railways were mostly common in forestry and peat industries in low inhabited places. Usually they have one main line and number of temporary branches. There was commonly a passenger service to villages and towns for workers.

As of the mid 2010s, a number of industrial railways survive in places with bad roads, but every year some railways are closing. A government railway operator, RZD, closed all owned common 750 mm railways, but still have a number of children's railways with standard rolling stock.

The most well-known narrow-gauge railways are Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway (municipal passenger), Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway (mountain industrial railway with passenger service), and Karinskaya narrow-gauge railway (suburban passenger private railway). Also children's railways are located in many big cities.

Overview

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750mm

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kulebaki Factory Railway.
  2. Web site: Alapayevsk railway.
  3. Web site: Apsheronsk railway.
  4. Web site: Tourist Railway.
  5. Web site: Kudemskaya railway Forbes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203025735/http://www.forbes.ru/stil-zhizni-slideshow/puteshestviya/54724-railway/slide/1. 2014-02-03.
  6. Web site: Pereslavl Railway Museum.

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