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Abakan–Taishet Railway

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Abakan–Taishet Railway
Overview
LocaleRussia
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge

The Abakan-Taishet Railway is a railway built between 1959 and 1965, connecting Abakan with Tayshet on the Trans-Siberian Railway. It lies in Krasnoyarsk Krai along with parts of the Republic of Khakassia and Irkutsk Oblast. The line is a continuation of the Novokuznetsk - Abakan Railway which was built between 1949 and 1950. Construction of the Abakan-Taishet Railway was announced as a Komsomol shock construction project, and young workers came from all parts of the Soviet Union to build the line.

Distances to points along the line are measured in kilometers beginning at Novokuznetsk.

Route

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Yuzhno–Sibirskaya
main line
Saratov
to Rtishevo & Liski
Sennaya
Ryabina
Syzran-Gorod
← to Samara│to Inza →
Krasny Galyai
to Inza
Ulyanovsk
Volga river
Almetyevskaya
to Agryz & Izhevsk
Tuimazy
to Ufa
Davlekanovo
Tolbazy
Krasnousolsky
Tukan
to Ufa
Magnitogorsk
Kartaly II
Tobol
Astana I
Ereimentau
Sputnik
Irtysh river
Pavlodar
Kulunda
Novoblagoveshenskaya
Lenki
Korchino
Rebrikha
Saarajsky
to Aktogay & Almaty
Barnaul
to Biisk
Altaiskaya
to Srednesibirskaya
& Novosibirsk
Altysta II
Terentyevskaya
tomusinskaya
Mezhdurechensk
Puzhba
Askiz
Kamyshta
Abakan
Kurgiino
Zhuravlevo
Mana
Kravchenko
Sayanskaya
Irbeyskaya
Agul
Abokumovka
Tumashet
Trans-Siberian Railway
to Krasnoyarsk
Tayshet
Chita II
Trans-Siberian Railway
to Khabarovsk & Vladivostok
Map of Abakan-Taishet railway
Korotchaevo–
Tomsk line
Barnaul branch
to Surgut & Korotchaevo
Yunosti-Komsomol
Malaya Bicha
Ust-Ishim
Tevriz
Znamenskoe
Tara
to Tomsk & Asino
Rezino
Ust-Tarka
to Tatarsk
& Omsk
to Novosibirsk
& Yurga →
Korotkoozyorny
Gorkoozerny
Tabulga
Chistoozernooye
Kupino
Bagan
Savkino
Osolodino
Karasuk I
Chumansky
Burla
Slavgorod
Tabuny
to Astana & Tobol
Kulunda
Barnaul

The length of the Abakan-Taishet Railway is 647 kilometres (402 mi), while the length of the whole Novokuznetsk-Taishet Railway is 1,034 kilometres (642 mi). From Abakan to Kuragino, the railway goes in the easterly direction, through Minusinsk Hollow, through a forested area to arrive at Kuragino station. From Kuragino to Sayanskaya Station, the railway goes to the north-east, passing through Eastern Sayan Mountains. After Sayanskaya Station, the railway goes east, south of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, for around 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the city of Taishet, where it ends.

Construction

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The idea of building a railroad through the Sayan Mountains first came about in the nineteenth century. However, study of the character of the terrain repeatedly caused the project to be rejected. Experts of the time believed the project to be infeasible due to the difficult terrain.

Planning for the line did not resume until 1935. Five routes were proposed, of which the Tayshet and Nizhneudinsk routes were considered the best.

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