Russia’s Far Eastern Rail System. Facts & Figures

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Russia’s Far Eastern Rail System

Facts & Figures
  • 14,100 km – total track length;
  • 7,300 km – electrified track;
  • 880 – stations and sidings;
  • 18,500 – number of artificial structures, including:
        8,300 stations and sidings;
        89 tunnels;
        9,800 culverts.
In Numbers

137,000 – number of people Russian Railways employs in the Far East region.
603,000 – total number of people including family members.

13.3 billion kilowatt-hours – annual electricity consumption by rail transport.
11.5% – percentage of the total energy consumed by the 8 subjects of the Russian Federation covered by Russia’s Far Eastern rail system (the Irkutsk region, the Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Territory, the Amur region, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Primorsky Territory, Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region).

23 million – the number of passengers Russian Railways transports per annum in the Far Eastern rail system.
750 km – total length of sections with special conditions and facilities for the organisation of train movement (additional push-pull locomotives).
60 million ton/km gross/km – freight traffic density is 1.5 times higher than the average for the Russian rail network.

Area


 

 

1.4 million km2 – the area covered by Russia’s Far Eastern rail system (≈ three times the size of France or the Sea of ​​Okhotsk).

4,500 km – the length of tracks running through the permafrost (1/3 of the total).

80% – permafrost zone.
Mururinsky Pass – this pass in the Kalar Range at the Stanovoy Highlands near the Mururin River is located at the 1,820th kilometre on the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
1,323 metres – the highest point above sea level on the Baikal-Amur Mainline
3 time zones, 5 most seismically active regions, 6 to 10 magnitude earthquakes
16 – the number of major rivers crossed by the Trans-Siberian.
The Lena is the only river in the world that flows entirely through the permafrost zone. Its water level can rise by up to 20 m during the flood period.
The Khor is the most dangerous river in the region. Its water level can rise by up to 9 m during the flood period.
400 metres – the steepest descent on the Trans-Siberian.
30 km – the distance from the Andrianovsky pass to the coast of Lake Baikal. On some stretches, the gradient reaches 21%.
The Kodarsky tunnel – at 996 meters, the highest tunnel above sea level.

Climate. Russia’s Far Eastern rail system is divided into two. The western part belongs to a region which has a severe continental climate featuring wide temperature extremes. The eastern part is on, and close to the maritime coast and as such is part of a region with the climate of the Far East’s temperate mixed forests. It has distinct warm and cool seasons and moderate annual average temperatures from 3 to 23 °C.

-61˚С to +43˚С – the temperature range.

400 mm to 860 mm – the average precipitation along the Main Line.