Murmansk-Nikel Railway

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Murmansk-Nikel Railway
Info
Type	Railway
System	Russian Railways
Terminals	Murmansk Nikel
No. of stations	11
Operation
Opened	1936
Owner	Russian Railways
Operator(s)	Russian Railways
Character	Freight
Technical
Line length	206 km
Gauge	1520 mm
Electrification	No
Operating speed	40 km/h

The Murmansk-Nikel Railway is a 206 km long railway between Murmansk and Nikel in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The railway main purpose is to provide freight transport between the nickel mine in Nikel and Murmansk, but there is also passenger transport. The railway was completed in 1936^{[citation needed]} but is not electrified.^[1]

[edit] Proposed expansion

The Norwegian consortium Kirkenes World Port Group has proposed the connection of the abandoned mining railway Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen to the Murmansk-Nikel Railway at Zapoljarnij. The proposal would connect the port at Kirkenes in Norway to the Russian rail network.

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