Murom Railway

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The Murom Railway (Russian: Муромская железная дорога, or Muromskaya zheleznaya doroga) is a state-owned railway in Russia, built between the towns of Kovrov and Murom in 1874-1880. The Murom Railway converged three rail routes, making Kovrov an important railway junction. After its construction, up to 80% of goods from Kovrov were bound for the Nizhny Novgorod Fair through the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod Railway.

The Murom Railway favored trade growth and Moscow's bread supply and provided metal and forest for Central Russia. In the early 20th century, Murom received cement, yarn, and manufactured goods. The rolling stock of the Murom Railway included thirteen steam locomotives (eight of them from the Botkin Factory, the other five from a German company named Schwartzkopf) and 300 cars. Rolling stock maintenance and repairs were done at railway repair shops at the Murom railway station. Also, they built a number of locomotive depots and car sheds in Kovrov, Selivanovo, and Murom. In 1872-1882, the Murom Railway was owned by a joint stock company. In 1888, they began a complete replacement of iron rails with the Russian-made steel rails. In 1895, the Murom Railway was merged with the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow-Kursk Railways. In May of 1918, all of the Russian railways were nationalized and transferred under the authority of the People's Commissariat for Communications (Народный Комиссариат Путей Сообщения).