Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line

The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line is a 525-kilometre long (326 mi)[1] railway line in northern Russia, built and owned and operated by Gazprom. It was opened for traffic in 2010 and was built for the gas fields around Bovanenkovo on the Yamal Peninsula, the Yamal project. In February 2011, it was extended to the Karskaya station, making it 572 km long.[2] The railway contains a 3.9-kilometre long (2.4 mi) bridge, the Yuribey Bridge. It starts at Obskaya, branching off the Salekhard–Igarka Railway. The rail distance between Moscow and Bovanenkovo is 2,906 kilometres (1,806 mi). There are plans to extend the railway to Kharasavey making the railway 678 kilometres (421 mi) long.[3] Another plan is to extend the railway to the Yamal LNG installations at Sabetta[4].

Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Railway line in blue colour.
Obskaya-Bovanenkovo Line
Station
0 Obskaya
Northern Latitudinal Railway to Labytnangi
 19 Razjezd No. 1
 32
Kharbei
 37 Razjezd No. 2
 57 Razjezd No. 3
(out of operation)
 72
Longotyogan
 76 Razjezd No. 4
 90 Yamto
(never built)
 110
Shchuchya
 112 Razjezd No. 5
 128 Razjezd No. 6
(never built)
 146 Razjezd No. 7
(never built)
 157 Skalnaya
 168 Razjezd No. 8
(never built)
 189 Pajuta
to Novy Port (planned)
 193
Yonsorjakha
 200 Razjezd No. 9
(never built)
 222 Kanary
(Razjezd No. 10)
 224
Yorkatajakha
 247 Razjezd No. 11
(out of operation)
 267 Khralov
(Razjezd No. 12)
 283
Sosjangtosjo
 291 Razjezd No. 13
 312 Razjezd No. 14
(never built)
 331 Vladimir Nak
(Razjezd No. 15)
 333
Yuribei bridge
 346 Razjezd No. 16
(never built)
 365 Sokhonto
 376 Razjezd No. 18
 400 Razjezd No. 19
 424 Razjezd No. 20
 438 Jasoveito
 456 Razjezd No. 21
(never built)
 466 Razjezd No. 22
(never built)
 486 Razjezd No. 23
 507 Razjezd No. 24
(never built)
 525 Bovanenkovo
to Tambei/Sabetta (planned)
 552 Razjezd No. 25
 557 Razjezd No. 26
 572 Karskaya
 678 Kharasavei
(under construction)

Most northerly railway

The railway is the northernmost railway in the world,[3] since Bovanenkovo is located at 70°22′30″N 68°40′12″E, farther north than the Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line, traditionally seen as the northernmost. Plans to construct a more northerly railway to serve the Baffinland Iron Mine in Canada[5] have been deferred.[6] Before completion of the railway to Bovanenkovo, the most northerly railway in Russia was the Norilsk railway.

References
  1. "Bovanenkovo". Gazprom. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. "Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Railroad, Russia". railway-technology.com. Kable. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. Staalesen, Atle (4 Nov 2011). "The world's northernmost railway line will be taken further". Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. "More details announced for the Arctic Northern Sea Route expansion" (16 December 2014). Siberian Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. "Railway Gazette: Baffin Island arctic ore line advances". Retrieved 21 Dec 2010.
  6. Baffinland puts off iron mine's port and railway, CBC News, 11 January 2013, retrieved 5 March 2015


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