Otvorskoye peat narrow-gauge railway

Otvorskoye peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow-gauge railway
Locale Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini Svetlyi
Website www.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opened 1964
Operator(s) ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Technical
Line length 32 kilometres (20 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in)

Coordinates: 58°04′31″N 47°40′17″E / 58.0752729°N 47.6715059°E / 58.0752729; 47.6715059 The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length of which 32 kilometres (20 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in).[1]

Current status

Otvorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1964s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Svetlyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. Peat is transshipped on broad-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a combined heat and power (CHP) station.[2]

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

See also

References and sources

  1. Otvorskoe peat
  2. Otvorskoe peat railway
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