Sestroretsk spur line

Sestroretsk spur line

This line has been laid by request of the Russian Ministry of Defence for communication of Sestroretsk armory with strategic Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad in 1871. Line was opened on 2 November 1871, when the first train proceeded on the route Beloostrov-Sestroretsk.[1]

In 1872 the schedule of trains of the Sestroretsk branch was published in the city directory. In Beloostrov went three pairs trains: in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. Time in a way made 25 minutes (average speed made less than 16 kilometres per hour).[1]

A study in 1872 had showed the line was unprofitable, and in 1873 the administration decided to close it. These plans became known to entrepreneurs of Sestroretsk, and they bought the line from Finnish railways. The new line was Private "Societies of the Sestroretsk railway" and was named Miller's line. Miller's line was not fully independent, as well as use of rolling stock, rent a Finnish railways.[1]

Railway lines seaside direction (Saint Petersburg - Sestroretsk)
The organisations - operators of one line
Dubki horse-iron road · 1843 - before 1871 | Sestroretsk spur line · 1871 - 1873 | Miller's line · 1873 - 1886 | Zavodskaya line · 1916 - 1920s
Primorskaya railroad
Ozerki line · 18-- - 19-- | Primorskaya line · 18-- - 19-- | Tovarnaya line · 18-- - 1936
Oktyabrskaya railroad
Setroretsk line · 1936 - today | Malaya Oktyabrskaya railroad · 1948 - 2008

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in ru). http://terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. http://terijoki.spb.ru/railway/rw_dir_sestr.php#red. Retrieved 2009-02-21.