Kirov Railway

Kirov Railway (Russian: Кировская железная дорога, Kirovskaya zheleznaya doroga, to 1935 Murman Railway) is a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) broad gauge Russian railway network that links the Murman Coast and Murmansk city (in the north) and Saint Petersburg (in the south). The railway is operated by the Arktika passenger train, see List of named passenger trains of Russia.

Railway between Murmansk on the Arctic Ocean and Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea

Main Line (Kirov Railway)
Station Saint Petersburg Mga Volkhovstroy I to Luga Volkhovstroy II to Svir (Murmansk Line) Tikhvin Verkhnevolsky voltage change (↑3 kV DC/↓25 kV AC) to Svir bypassing Volkhov (proposed, with 25 kV AC) Babaevo Timoshkino Uita Komarikha Koshta Cherepovets Sheksna to Konosha Vologda I to Kirov to Yaroslavl

Murmansk Line

Station Murmansk Kola to Nikel & Kirkenes Vykhodnoy Olenegorsk Imandra from Titan Apatity Afrikanda Pinozero Kandalaksha to Kemijärvi Poyakonda Louhi Kem Belomorsk to Obozerskaya Uda Kochkoma to Kostomuksha (Kochkoma-Kontiomäki Line) Segezha Medvezhyegorsk Kondopoga to Suoyarvi (Petrozavodsk-Kouvola Line) Petrozavodsk Tokari Svir to Babaevo bypassing Volkhov (proposed, with 25 kV AC) voltage change (↑25 kV AC/↓3 kV DC) Lodeinoe Pole to Babaevo Volkhovstroy II to Luga Volkhovstroy I to Saint Petersburg

Obozerskaya Line
Station from Murmansk Belomorsk to Kochkoma Vyg Virma Kolezhma Malenga Nimenga Bolshaya Kyama to Arkhangelsk Obozerskaya to Konosha

Kochkoma-Kontiomäki Line
Station from Belomorsk Kochkoma to Medvezhyegorsk Kuchozero Petrozero Ryugozero to Sukkozero and Suoyarvi Ledmozero II Kostomuksha Kiviyarvi (border Russia/Finland) Vartius to Oulu Kontiomäki to Kajaani

Kola railway
Station Murmansk Line from Petrozavodsk/Saint Petersburg 0 Apatity to Murmansk 13 Titan Kirovsk Koashva Umba Oktyabrski Revda planned Keivy Ostrovnoi Ponoi

The total distance between Saint Petersburg and Murmansk is 1,448 km, the part between Petrozavodsk and Kola has a length of 1,054 km. It has 52 stations. The line is of vital military importance because of Murmansk being an ice-free port on the Arctic Sea.

The northern part between Petrozavodsk and Kola was built in 1915–17, due to a lack of workers under assignment of an increasing number of German and Austrian war prisoners.

Originally having been called Murman Railway, the line was renamed to Kirov Railway, in honor of Sergei Kirov – a prominent Bolshevik leader of the Russian revolution, who had been assassinated the year before.

The railway was electrified in 2005.